Etymograph

English

androdioecy

From andro- + dioecy.

Formed from andro- + dioecy

Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ‘man’

Proto-Hellenic *anḗr ‘man’

Ancient Greek ᾱ̆̓νήρ ‘man (adult male)’

English andro-

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘to enter in, settle’

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Proto-Hellenic *wóikos ‘a settlement’

Ancient Greek οἶκος ‘house’

Ancient Greek οἰκέω ‘to inhabit’

Ancient Greek οἰκία ‘house, family, tribe’

English dioecy

Today it means

noun A reproductive system found in species composed of a male population and a distinct hermaphrodite population.

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

Etymograph / androdioecy