-gamy
English
/-ɡəmi/
suffix
Definitions
- Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
- (biology) Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γάμος (marriage, matrimony, union).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γάμος
Gloss
marriage, matrimony, union
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姻
Emoji
👰♀️ 💒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -gamous English
- agamogenesis English
- gamergate English
- bigamus Latin
- quadrigamus Latin
- -gamia Italian
- γάμος Ancient Greek
- γαμέω Ancient Greek
- μόνος Ancient Greek
- ἄγαμος Ancient Greek
- *ǵem- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵeme- Proto-Indo-European
- -gamia Portuguese
- -gam Norwegian Nynorsk
- -gami Norwegian Nynorsk
- apogami Norwegian Nynorsk
- -gamacht Irish
- γάμος Greek (modern)
- kuma Turkish