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Where does “ovipare” come from?

ovipare (Italian) comes from Italian oviparo, 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.

ovipare (Italian): feminine plural of oviparo

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of oviparo

Ancestry of “ovipare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianoviparooviparous
2Latinoviparus—
3Latinpariō—
4Latin-iō—
5Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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