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ovary (n.)
1650s, from Modern Latin
ovarium
"ovary" (16c.), from Medieval Latin
ovaria
"the ovary of a bird" (13c.), from Latin
ovum
"egg," from PIE
*owyo-/*oyyo-
"egg" (see
egg
(n.)). In classical Latin,
ovarius
meant "egg-keeper."
