Where does “homosporous” come from?
homosporous (English) comes from English homo, from English homosexual, from German homosexual, from German homo-, from German homosexuell, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
homosporous (English): producing spores of the same size and type
Definitions
- producing spores of the same size and type
Ancestry of “homosporous”, step by step
homosporous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English homo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | homo | Clipping of homosexual; Homogenized milk with a... |
| 2 | English | homosexual | Possessing sexual and/or emotional attraction... |
| 3 | German | homosexual | — |
| 4 | German | homo- | homo |
| 5 | German | homosexuell | homosexual |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὁμός | same, common, joint |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φύλον | a set of people or other beings |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φιλία | friendship, love, affection, fondness;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἁρμονία | Harmonia |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English sporous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sporous | Relating to spores |
| 2 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 3 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 4 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 5 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 7 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |