Etymograph

English

hologamy

From holo- + -gamy.

A compound of holo- + -gamy

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós

Ancient Greek ὅλος ‘whole, entire’

English holo-

Today it means

noun A form of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are approximately the same shape and size as the somatic cells

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