English
zooid
From zoo- + -oid.
A compound of zoo- + -oid
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
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Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ōwós
Ancient Greek ζωός ‘alive’
Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον ‘Ionic form of ζῷον (zōîon)’
Ancient Greek ζῷον ‘animal’
English zoo-
Today it means
noun An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / zooid