Where does “monogamous” come from?
I need to trace this chain carefully, but I notice there's a problem: the chain provided doesn't actually support "monogamous."
The chain shows:
- English -gamous
- Ancient Greek γάμος (gamos, "marriage")
- Ancient Greek χρῶμα (chroma, "color")
- Proto-Indo-European gʰreu
- Proto-Indo-European gʰer-
The jump from γάμος (marriage) to χρῶμα (color) breaks the etymological chain for "-gamous." These are unrelated words. The suffix "-gamous" comes from Greek γάμος (gamos, "marriage"), but χρῶμα doesn't connect to it—χρῶμα has its own separate etymology.
I cannot write an accurate sentence based on this chain because it contains an error. To write the etymology of "mon
monogamous (English): Being married to one person at a time; Having...
Definitions
- Being married to one person at a time; Having...
Ancestry of “monogamous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -gamous | Having the specified number or form of marriage;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γάμος | marriage, wedding, bridelock; matrimony, the... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵem- | to marry |
Words derived from “monogamous”