Where does “planogamete” come from?
planogamete (English) comes from English Plano, from Spanish plano, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.
planogamete (English): One of the motile ciliated gametes, or zoogametes, found in isogamous plants and green algae
Definitions
- One of the motile ciliated gametes, or zoogametes, found in isogamous plants and green algae
Ancestry of “planogamete”, step by step
planogamete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Plano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Plano | Of lenses: flat; having no curvature; not serving to correct the vision |
| 2 | Spanish | plano | plane, level; flat; plane |
| 3 | Latin | plānus | level, flat, even |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλάνος | wandering |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλανάω | to make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl-néh₂-ti | — |