Where does “ovaries” come from?

Ovaries comes from Latin ovaria, plural of ovarium, derived from Latin ovum meaning egg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis.

ovaries (English): plural of ovary

Definitions

  1. plural of ovary

Ancestry of “ovaries”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovaryA female reproductive organ, often paired, that...
2New Latinovarium—
3Latinōvumegg
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “ovaries”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →