Where does “ovipar” come from?

ovipar (German) comes from French ovipare, 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.

ovipar (German): oviparous

Definitions

  1. oviparous

Ancestry of “ovipar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchovipareoviparous
2Latinoviparusoviparous, egglaying
3Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →