Where does “uniparous” come from?

uniparous (English) comes from English parous, 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.

uniparous (English): Producing a single egg or offspring at one time;...

Definitions

  1. Producing a single egg or offspring at one time;...

Ancestry of “uniparous”, step by step

uniparous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English parous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparousHaving given birth
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

via English uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuniUniversity; Sea urchin eaten as sushi
2Japanese雲丹the food made from the roe of sea urchin,...
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →