Etymology

gonadal

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the gonads Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English gonad ← New Latin gonadēs
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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. Englishgonad
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. English todaygonadal

From gonad + -al.

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