Etymology

megaspore

M3E1G2A1S1P3O1R1E1

Today it means: The larger spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a female gametophyte Full definition →

English spore ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishspore
  6. English todaymegaspore

From mega- + spore.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.