Etymology

-spermous

Today it means: Having a specified number or type of seeds. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) ← Proto-Hellenic *spérmə
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sper-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*spérmn̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*spérmə
  4. Ancient Greekσπέρμα (spérma)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  7. English today-spermous

From Ancient Greek -σπερμος (-spermos) [itself from σπέρμα (spérma) + -ος (-os)] (as used, for example, in ἄσπερμος (áspermos)) + -ous.

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