Where does “monoaperturate” come from?
monoaperturate (English) comes from English aperturate, from English aperture, from Russian апертура, from Latin apertūra, from Latin apertus, from Latin aperiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.
monoaperturate (English): Describing pollen grains with only one opening through which the pollen tube grows during germination
Definitions
- Describing pollen grains with only one opening through which the pollen tube grows during germination
Ancestry of “monoaperturate”, step by step
monoaperturate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aperturate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aperturate | Having one or more apertures |
| 2 | English | aperture | An opening, gap, or hole, usually small and... |
| 3 | Russian | апертура | aperture |
| 4 | Latin | apertūra | an act of opening |
| 5 | Latin | apertus | opened, open, free; public; having been opened;... |
| 6 | Latin | aperiō | to uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |