Etymograph

English

gonad

Gonad comes from New Latin gonas ‘a reproductive organ’.

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900gonasas gonadēs‘a reproductive organ’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008gonad

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900gonasas gonadēs‘a reproductive organ’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008gonad

Earliest quotation: 2008, Denis Beckett, Explaining prawns: “The shape of his gonads must set the ambit…”

The story

From 1880 New Latin gonadēs, plural of New Latin gonas, coined from Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).

Every English word from New Latin gonas

Today it means

noun A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

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