Etymology

trophosperm

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Today it means: The placenta. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σπέρμα ← French trophosperme
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The story

  1. French · derived fromtrophosperme
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπέρμα“seed”
  3. English todaytrophosperm

From tropho- + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). Compare French trophosperme.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσπέρμα all →

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