gonad
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of gonad
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
“The shape of his gonads must set the ambit of his emotions? No. […] What Bart feels like is mother.”
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noun
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A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
“The shape of his gonads must set the ambit of his emotions? No. […] What Bart feels like is mother.”
- (in-plural, slang)A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) Ancient Greek…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) New Latin gonadēsbor. English gonad From 1880 New Latin gonadēs, plural of New Latin gonas, coined from Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).
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