英语词汇spore的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spore
词源	spore n. "reproductive body in flowerless plants corresponding to the seeds of flowering ones," 1836, from Modern Latin spora, from Greek spora "a seed, a sowing, seed-time," related to sporas "scattered, dispersed," sporos "a sowing," from PIE spor-, variant of root sper- "to spread, sow" (see sparse). Entries linking to spore sparse adj. 1727, from Latin sparsus "scattered," past participle of spargere "to scatter, spread, shower," from Proto-Italic sparg-, from PIE sp(e)rg- "to strew," extended form of root *sper- "to spread, sow" (source also of Hittite išpar- "to spread out, strew;" Greek speirein "to strew, to sow," spora "a scattering, sowing," sperma "sperm, seed," literally "that which is scattered"). The word is found earlier in English as a verb, "to scatter abroad" (16c.). Related: Sparsely; sparseness. endospore n. 1859, perhaps from French, from endo- + spore. sparse (adj.)endospore (n.)macrospore (n.)megaspore (n.)microspore (n.)sporadic (adj.)sporangium (n.) updated on September 01, 2018
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