English

anisospore

From aniso- + spore.

Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος ‘equal’

Ancient Greek ἄνισος ‘unequal’

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

Ancient Greek σπορά ‘seed’

New Latin spora

English spore

Today it means

noun A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size.

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

Etymograph / anisospore