English

androspore

From andro- + spore.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ‘man’

Proto-Hellenic *anḗr ‘man’

Ancient Greek ᾱ̆̓νήρ ‘man (adult male)’

Proto-Indo-European *sper- ‘to scatter, strew’

Ancient Greek σπορά ‘seed’

New Latin spora

English spore

Today it means

noun A spore with male functions, in some algae.

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

Etymograph / androspore