Etymology

gonad

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Today it means: A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary. Full definition →

New Latin gonadēs ← Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
  4. Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
  5. Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
  6. New Latingonadēs
  7. English todaygonad

From 1880 New Latin gonadēs, plural of New Latin gonas, coined from Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγονή all →

-gonium-gony

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