Etymology

anisogamy

an·i·so·ga·my
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Today it means: Sexual bonding or marriage involving partners of widely differing social status. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γᾰ́μος (gắmos) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- ← English aniso-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  6. Ancient Greekἄνισος (ánisos)
  7. Englishaniso-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵem-
  9. Ancient Greekγᾰ́μος (gắmos)
  10. English todayanisogamy

From aniso- + -gamy.

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