Where does “ova” come from?
Ova comes from Latin ova, the plural of ovum, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis, a word for sheep that underwent semantic shift to mean egg.
ova (English): plural of ovum
Definitions
- plural of ovum
Ancestry of “ova”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ōva | — |