English

gamic

Gamic comes from English gam ‘gamete, syngamy’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of gam ‘gamete, syngamy’ + -ic

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- ‘to bend, curve’

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Proto-Hellenic *kampā́

Ancient Greek καμπή ‘fixture, bend, winding’

Late Latin gamba ‘(of animals) hock, shank’

Italian gamba ‘leg’

English gam

Every English word from English gam

adj Formed as a result of syngamy (union of gametes), sexually produced, sexual.

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