ovum

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).^[1][2] Cognate with Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.u̯um/, [ˈoːu̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vum/, [ˈɔːvum]

Noun

ōvum n (genitive ōvī); second declension

1. egg

References

Further reading

• “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ovum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ovum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    
• “ovum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology

Borrowed from English ovum, from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm, likely a derivative of *h₂éwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ovom]
• Rhymes: -vom, -om

Noun

ovum (Jawi spelling اوۏوم, plural ovum-ovum, informal 1st possessive ovumku, 2nd possessive ovummu, 3rd possessive ovumnya)

1. (cytology) ovum (gamete)