English
Spermageddon
Blend of sperm + Armageddon; coined in response to a controversial 2017 study which claimed that average human sperm count decreased by 52% between 1973 and 2011.
A compound of sperm + Armageddon
Proto-Indo-European *sper- ‘to scatter, strew’
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Proto-Hellenic *spérmə
Ancient Greek σπέρμα ‘seed, semen’
Latin sperma ‘seed, semen, sperm’
Middle English sperme
English sperm
Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών
Late Latin Harmagedōn ‘Armageddon, the site of the final battle in…’
Old English Ermagedon
Middle English Hermagedon
English Armageddon
The story
Blend of sperm + Armageddon; coined in response to a controversial 2017 study which claimed that average human sperm count decreased by 52% between 1973 and 2011.
Today it means
name The (disputed) phenomenon of human sperm count decreasing over time, potentially leading to human extinction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spermageddon