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Where does “pseudohermaphroditism” come from?

pseudohermaphroditism (English) comes from English hermaphroditism, from English hermaphrodite, from English Hermaphroditus, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

pseudohermaphroditism (English): A condition in which an individual has the...

Definitions

  1. A condition in which an individual has the...

Ancestry of “pseudohermaphroditism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhermaphroditismThe state of having sexual organs of both the...
2EnglishhermaphroditeAn individual or organism possessing ambiguous...
3EnglishHermaphroditus—
4Ancient GreekἙρμαφρόδιτος—
5Ancient Greek-ός—
6Proto-Hellenic*-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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