Etymology

spermatoon

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Today it means: A spermatid. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ᾠόν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromᾠόν“egg”
  2. English todayspermatoon

From spermato- + Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekᾠόν all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.