Etymograph

English

spermatoon

Spermatoon comes from Ancient Greek ᾠόν ‘egg’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ōwyóm1‘egg’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ōyyón1‘egg’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾠόν2ōión‘egg’
  4. Englishtodayspermatoon2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ᾠόν
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English spermatoon

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ōwyómWiktionary, Ancient Greek ᾠόν‘egg’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ōyyónWiktionary, Ancient Greek ᾠόν‘egg’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾠόνWiktionary, English spermatoonōión‘egg’
  4. EnglishtodayspermatoonWiktionary, English spermatoon

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘dress, be dressed, clothe oneself’

audience, ear, audit, acoustic, obey, avid, audible, anesthesia, ovation, aural, avarice, otolaryngology, 65 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis ‘sheep’

ewe, 9 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis ‘bird’

aviation, avian, auspicious, aviator, aviary, ocarina, 10 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm ‘egg’

love, egg, oval, ey, 4 more

Today it means

noun A spermatid.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm / spermatoon

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