Where does “oogamete” come from?

oogamete (English) comes from English gamete, from Ancient Greek γαμετή, from Ancient Greek γαμέω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- — to marry.

oogamete (English): The female gamete; the egg cell or oosphere

Definitions

  1. The female gamete; the egg cell or oosphere

Ancestry of “oogamete”, step by step

oogamete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gamete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgameteA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes
2Ancient Greekγαμετήwife
3Ancient GreekγαμέωI marry; I give myself in marriage; I get a...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵem-to marry

via English oo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishooThe Greek letter omega; Any of four Hawaiian...
2Hawaiianʻōʻōoo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters
3Proto-Polynesian*koho—
4Proto-Oceanic*kojom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- →Every word from Ancient Greek γαμέω →Every word from Ancient Greek γαμετή →