English

homolecithal

From homo- + lecithal.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Ancient Greek λέκῐθος ‘egg yolk’

Today it means

adj Having the yolk evenly distributed within the cytoplasm

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

Etymograph / homolecithal