ovum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- egg
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *ōwom inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ōwyóm
Gloss
egg
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avi- English
- avicolous English
- epoophoron English
- oval English
- ovism English
- *auca Latin
- *austrūthiō Latin
- *avica Latin
- *avicellus Latin
- *ovāt Latin
- aucellus Latin
- auceps Latin
- aviarium Latin
- avicula Latin
- avis Latin
- epoophoron Latin
- metatarsus Latin
- oidium Latin
- ooecium Latin
- ovalis Latin
- ovarium Latin
- ovulum Latin
- ovālis Latin
- ōidium Latin
- ōva Latin
- ōvum Latin
- Oval German
- Ovarium German
- oval German
- ave Italian
- avocetta Italian
- ovale Italian
- avi- Dutch, Flemish
- ovaal Dutch, Flemish
- oölogie Dutch, Flemish
- aviation French
- avion French
- ovalaire French
- ovale French
- ovaliser French
- aviación Spanish, Castilian
- desovar Spanish, Castilian
- huevo Spanish, Castilian
- ovar Spanish, Castilian
- ovo Spanish, Castilian
- στρουθίων Ancient Greek
- τὰ ᾠά Ancient Greek
- ᾠοειδής Ancient Greek
- ᾠόν Ancient Greek
- ᾠώδης Ancient Greek
- *awi- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- egg Norwegian Bokmål
- oval Norwegian Bokmål
- *agjō Proto-Germanic
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- egg Swedish
- egg Norwegian Nynorsk
- oval Norwegian Nynorsk
- ægwyrt Old English
- ǣġ Old English
- egge Middle English
- ei Middle English
- egg Old Norse
- æg Danish
- *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *aje, ȃje, *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *ajьce Proto-Slavic
- ostruce Old French
- ovarij Serbo-Croatian
- egg Icelandic
- خایه Persian
- οβάλ Greek (modern)
- -oolithus Translingual
- ձու Old Armenian
- egg Faroese
- ve Albanian
- *aij gmw-pro
- *āuyom Proto-Celtic
- *āwyom Proto-Celtic
- *Hāwyám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- oauã Aromanian
- ou Aromanian
- æg Old Swedish
- aigg Westrobothnian
- *awis Proto-Italic
- *ōwom Proto-Italic
- аице Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- hueuo Old Spanish
- ou Sicilian
- ovu Sicilian
- guevo Ladino
- *Hāwyám Proto-Iranian
- eu Bourguignon
- ou Sardinian
- *ōyyón Proto-Hellenic