Where does “megagametophytic” come from?

megagametophytic (English) comes from English gametophytic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

megagametophytic (English): Relating to megagametophytes

Definitions

  1. Relating to megagametophytes

Ancestry of “megagametophytic”, step by step

megagametophytic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gametophytic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgametophyticOf or pertaining to a gametophyte plant; Having...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegaVery large; great; excellent
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én