Sperm Definition

Origin of Sperm

• Middle English sperme semen from Old French esperme from Late Latin sperma from Greek sper- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle French sperme, from Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (sperma, “seed, semen").

  From Wiktionary

• Greek -spermos from sperma seed sperm¹

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Short for spermaceti

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• see sperm

  From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition