Where does “ovum” come from?

ovum (Malay) comes from English ovum, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ovum (Malay): ovum

Definitions

  1. ovum

Ancestry of “ovum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovumThe female gamete in animals; the egg cell
2Latinōvumegg
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “ovum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →