The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγόνος
- Ancient Greek · derived fromᾠόν
- Latin · derived fromoogonium
- French · derived fromoogone“oogonium”
- English todayoogone
Attested in English since 1863. From French oogone (“oogonium”) or directly from its source, scientific Latin oogonium, from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión) egg + Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos) begetting.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekᾠόν all →
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Ancient Greekγόνος all →
gon-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.