megasporangium

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγγεῖον“vessel”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέγας“great”
3. English todaymegasporangium

From neo-Latin, from mega- (“major”) + sporangium. The prefix is from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great”), and the base from spora + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).

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