Where does “anisosporous” come from?
anisosporous (English) comes from English anisospore, from English aniso-, from Ancient Greek ἄνισος, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος, from Ancient Greek βάρος, from Ancient Greek βαρύς, from Proto-Hellenic gʷarus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
anisosporous (English): Not isosporous; being an anisospore, or producing...
Definitions
- Not isosporous; being an anisospore, or producing...
Ancestry of “anisosporous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | anisospore | A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size |
| 2 | English | aniso- | Forming compounds words having the sense... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄνισος | unequal, uneven |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῐ̓́σος | equal |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάρος | weight, burden, load; grief, sorrow; plenty |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βαρύς | heavy, weighty; heavy, burdensome, oppressive;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷarus | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |