ooecium

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromᾠόν“egg”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromōoecium
3. English todayooecium

From New Latin ōoecium, from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + οἰκίον (oikíon, “dwelling, abode”). By surface analysis, oo- + oecium.

Words from the same roots