Illustrations of English words derived from the Greek in the New Testament.
By Gaylon West.
History of English word gamete (n.)
"sexual protoplasmic body," 1880, coined 1878 by German cytologist Eduard Strasburger (1844-1912), the widespread attribution to Mendel being apparently erroneous; from Greek gamete "a wife," gametes "a husband," from gamein "to take to wife, to marry," from PIE root *gem(e)- "to marry" (cognates: Greek gambros "son-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law;" Sanskrit jamih "brother, sister," jama daughter-in-law;" Avestan zama-tar "son-in-law;" Latin gener "son-in-law"). See also -gamy. The seventh month of the ancient Attic calendar (corresponding to late January and early February) was Gamelion, "Month of Marriages."
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gune¯ G1135
Thayer Definition:
1) a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow
2) a wife
2a) of a betrothed woman
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: probably from the base of G1096- ginomai, to become.
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