Etymograph

English

allosperm

From allo- + sperm.

Formed from allo- + sperm

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’

Proto-Hellenic *áľľos

Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’

English allo-

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

Today it means

noun Sperm that has been received from another organism.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / allosperm