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- Ancient Greek · derived fromοἰκῐ́ον
- English todaygynoecium
From New Latin; from gyno- + oecium (from Ancient Greek οἰκῐ́ον (oikĭ́on), diminutive of οἶκος (oîkos, “house”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekοἰκῐ́ον all →
androecium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.