Where does “semioviparous” come from?
semioviparous (English) comes from English oviparous, 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.
semioviparous (English): Imperfectly viviparous; giving birth to immature young that finish developing outside the mother's body
Definitions
- Imperfectly viviparous; giving birth to immature young that finish developing outside the mother's body
Ancestry of “semioviparous”, step by step
semioviparous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English oviparous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oviparous | Egg-laying; depositing eggs that develop and... |
| 2 | Latin | oviparus | oviparous, egglaying |
| 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 |