The story
- Latin · derived fromovum“egg”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromovaria“bird ovary”
- New Latin · borrowed fromovarium
- English todayovary
From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.
Words from the same roots
Latinovum all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.