oophorous etymology

English word oophorous comes from English -phorous, English oo- (Relating to eggs or ova.)

Detailed word origin of oophorous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phorous English (eng)
oo- English (eng) Relating to eggs or ova.
oophorous English (eng) Containing eggs or ova.

Words with the same origin as oophorous

Descendants of -phorous
cystophorous symbiontophorous
Descendants of oo-
aboospore ooblast oocyan oocyst oofamily oogamy oogenesis oogenetic oogenus ooid ooidal oolite oolitic oologic oological oologist oology oophagy oophore oophyte oospecies oospore ootaxon oozooid