English

macrogamete

From macro- + gamete.

A compound of macro- + gamete

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- ‘to marry’

Ancient Greek γάμος ‘marriage’

Ancient Greek γαμετή ‘wife’

Today it means

noun The larger of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the female ovule in plants or ovum for animals.

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

Etymograph / macrogamete