Etymograph

English

ovum

Ovum comes from Latin ōvum ‘egg’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōvum‘egg’
  2. Englishtodayovum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōvum‘egg’
  2. Englishtodayovum

Linked words

through Latin ōvum ‘egg’

love, oval, ova, ovary, ovate, ovoid, 14 more

Today it means

noun The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

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

Etymograph / Latin ōvum / ovum

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