zygote

noun
/ˈzaɪɡəʊt/UK/ˈzaɪˌɡoʊt/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζῠγωτός (zŭgōtós, “yoked”) + English -ote (suffix meaning ‘having [the thing to which it is attached]’). Ζῠγωτός (Zŭgōtós) is derived from ζῠγόω (zŭgóō, “to join or yoke together”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives of possibility); and ζῠγόω (zŭgóō) from ζῠγόν (zŭgón, “yoke for joining animals; anything which joins two things together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming causative or factitive verbs). By surface analysis, zygo- + -ote.

  1. derived from *yewg- — “to tie together, join, yoke
  2. learned borrowing from ζῠγωτός — “yoked

Definitions

  1. A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a…

    A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at zygote. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at zygote. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at zygote

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA