-gamy
suff.（后缀）

Marriage:
婚姻：
exogamy.
异族结婚
Procreative or propagative union:
为繁殖或生殖而结合：
allogamy.
异体配合
The possession of a specified manner of fertilization or specified reproductive organs:
拥有特殊受精方式或特定生殖器官：
apogamy.
无配子生殖

语源

Greek -gamia
希腊语 -gamia
from gamos [marriage] * see gemə-
源自 gamos [婚姻] *参见 gemə-

-gamy

combining form in countable noun

denoting marriage or sexual union

⇒ bigamy

Origin

from Greek -gamia, from gamos marriage

-gamy

Word Origin

a combining form with the meanings “marriage,” “union,” “fertilization, pollination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: exogamy; plastogamy; allogamy; also forming nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -gamous:

heterogamy.

Origin

combining form representing Greek -gamía act of marrying

Related Words

allogamy
anisogamy
apogamy
autogamy
cryptogam
deuterogamy

-gamy1. a word element meaning 'marriage', as in polygamy.

2. Biology a word element meaning 'sexual union', as in allogamy.

[Greek -gamia, from -gamos marrying, married]

-gamy
noun combining form

ETYMOLOGY Middle English -gamie, from Late Latin -gamia, from Greek, from gamein to marry

1. marriage
    exogamy
2. union for propagation or reproduction
    allogamy
3. possession of (such) reproductive organs or (such) a mode of fertilization
    cleistogamy

-gamy, suffixf. Gr. γάµος marriage + -y³, appended to Gr. stems to form ns. with the senses: (a) ‘marriage (of the type specified)’, as in endogamy, exogamy, hypergamy; (b) ‘(such a) means of fertilization or reproduction’, as in allogamy, cleistogamy, porogamy. Cf. bigamy, monogamy, polygamy.

-gamy

word-forming element meaning "marriage; fertilization," from Greek -gamia, from gamos "marriage" (see gamete).

-gamy /gəmi/ suffix.

ORIGIN: from Greek gamos marriage + -y³

Appended to Greek stems to form nouns with the senses ‘marriage’ or (Biology) ‘reproduction, fertilization’ (cleistogamy, endogamy, polygamy, etc.).

☞ gamy

-gamy
\gəmē, -mi\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English -gamie, from Late Latin -gamia, from Greek — more at bigamy
1.
a. : marriage
  < exogamy >
b. : union for propagation or reproduction
  < allogamy >
2. [New Latin -gamia (as in Cryptogamia), from Greek -gamia -gamy (marriage)]
a. : possession of (such) reproductive organs
  < cleistogamy >
b. : possession of (such) a mode of fertilization
  < porogamy >

-gamy

IPA: /-ɡəmi/

Suffix

Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
biology Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos).

Derived terms

English words suffixed with -gamy

agamy

bigamy

chasmogamy

hercogamy

hierogamy

mixogamy

monogamy

orgamy

pangamy

pantagamy

paragamy

plastogamy

polygamy

porogamy

tetragamy

theogamy

词汇	-gamy
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED WBD Webster Wiktionary -gamy suff.（后缀） Marriage: 婚姻： exogamy. 异族结婚 Procreative or propagative union: 为繁殖或生殖而结合： allogamy. 异体配合 The possession of a specified manner of fertilization or specified reproductive organs: 拥有特殊受精方式或特定生殖器官： apogamy. 无配子生殖语源 Greek -gamia 希腊语 -gamia from gamos [marriage] * see gemə- 源自 gamos [婚姻] 参见 gemə- -gamy combining form in countable noun denoting marriage or sexual union ⇒ bigamy Origin from Greek -gamia,* from gamos marriage -gamy Word Origin 1 a combining form with the meanings “marriage,” “union,” “fertilization, pollination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: exogamy; plastogamy; allogamy; also forming nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -gamous: heterogamy. Origin combining form representing Greek -gamía act of marrying Related Words allogamy anisogamy apogamy autogamy cryptogam deuterogamy -gamy1. a word element meaning 'marriage', as in polygamy. 2. Biology a word element meaning 'sexual union', as in allogamy. [Greek -gamia, from -gamos marrying, married] -gamy noun combining form ETYMOLOGY Middle English -gamie, from Late Latin -gamia, from Greek, from gamein to marry 1. marriage exogamy 2. union for propagation or reproduction allogamy 3. possession of (such) reproductive organs or (such) a mode of fertilization cleistogamy -gamy, suffixf. Gr. γάµος marriage + -y³, appended to Gr. stems to form ns. with the senses: (a) ‘marriage (of the type specified)’, as in endogamy, exogamy, hypergamy; (b) ‘(such a) means of fertilization or reproduction’, as in allogamy, cleistogamy, porogamy. Cf. bigamy, monogamy, polygamy. -gamy word-forming element meaning "marriage; fertilization," from Greek -gamia, from gamos "marriage" (see gamete). -gamy /gəmi/ suffix. ORIGIN: from Greek gamos marriage + -y³ Appended to Greek stems to form nouns with the senses ‘marriage’ or (Biology) ‘reproduction, fertilization’ (cleistogamy, endogamy, polygamy, etc.). ☞ gamy -gamy \gəmē, -mi\ noun combining form (-es) Etymology: Middle English -gamie, from Late Latin -gamia, from Greek — more at bigamy 1. a. : marriage < exogamy > b. : union for propagation or reproduction < allogamy > 2. [New Latin -gamia (as in Cryptogamia), from Greek -gamia -gamy (marriage)] a. : possession of (such) reproductive organs < cleistogamy > b. : possession of (such) a mode of fertilization < porogamy > -gamy IPA: /-ɡəmi/ Suffix Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage. biology Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction. Etymology From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos). Derived terms ► English words suffixed with -gamy agamy bigamy chasmogamy hercogamy hierogamy mixogamy monogamy orgamy pangamy pantagamy paragamy plastogamy polygamy porogamy tetragamy theogamy See also -gamous
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combining form in countable noun

Origin

-gamy

Related Words

-gamy

Suffix

Etymology

Derived terms

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