Where does “ovipara” come from?

ovipara (English) comes from Latin oviparus, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ovipara (English): oviparous organisms

Definitions

  1. oviparous organisms

Ancestry of “ovipara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoviparusoviparous, egglaying
2Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →