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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ōwyóm
- Proto-Italic*ōw(j)om
- Classical Latinōvum
- Vulgar Latin*ŏvum
- Old Frenchoef
- Middle Frenchœuf
- Frenchœuf
- English todayoeuf
Borrowed from French œuf. Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and ovum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.