Etymograph

English

androecium

Androecium comes from Ancient Greek οἶκος ‘house’, from Proto-Hellenic *wóikos ‘a settlement’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱ-‘to enter in, settle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wóyḱos‘settlement’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wóikos‘a settlement’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEοἶκοςoîkos‘house’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEοἰκῐ́ονoikĭ́ondiminutive of οἶκος
  6. Englishtodayandroecium

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyḱ-‘to enter in, settle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wóyḱos‘settlement’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wóikos‘a settlement’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEοἶκοςoîkos‘house’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEοἰκῐ́ονoikĭ́ondiminutive of οἶκος
  6. Englishtodayandroecium

Formed from andro- + oecium

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’

Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos ‘settlement’

Proto-Hellenic *wóikos ‘a settlement’

Ancient Greek οἶκος ‘house’

English oecium

Linked words

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

village, villa, vicinity, wick, ville, 39 more

through Proto-Hellenic *wóikos ‘a settlement’

archdiocese, 25 more

through Ancient Greek οἶκος ‘house’

parish, ecology, diocese, parochial, 26 more

Today it means

noun The set of a flower's stamens.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- / androecium

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