Where does “sperme” come from?
sperme (Romanian) comes from Romanian spermă, from French sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.
sperme (Romanian): plural of spermă
Ancestry of “sperme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | spermă | semen; sperm |
| 2 | French | sperme | semen |
| 3 | Latin | sperma | seed, semen, sperm |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |