English

gynobase

From gyno- + base.

Formed from gyno- + base

Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn ‘woman’

Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā ‘woman’

Ancient Greek γῠνή ‘woman, female’

English gyno-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come’

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Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς ‘stepping’

Latin basis ‘a pedestal’

Old French base

Middle English base ‘a foundation or base’

English base

Today it means

noun a short conical or flat elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium

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

Etymograph / gynobase