Where does “ovo-viviparous” come from?
ovo-viviparous (English) comes from English viviparous, from Latin vīviparus, 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.
ovo-viviparous (English): producing offspring that are gestated within eggs...
Definitions
- producing offspring that are gestated within eggs...
Ancestry of “ovo-viviparous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | viviparous | Being born alive, as are most mammals, some... |
| 2 | Latin | vīviparus | that brings forth its young alive, viviparous |
| 3 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |