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Where does “archegonium” come from?

archegonium (English) comes from English -gonium, from Ancient Greek γονή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

archegonium (English): A multicellular reproductive structure that...

Definitions

  1. A multicellular reproductive structure that...

Ancestry of “archegonium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-gonium—
2Ancient Greekγονήoffspring; that which engenders, seed; act of...
3Ancient Greek-ή—
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “archegonium”

  • archegonial
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