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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

sperm XIV. — late L. sperma — Gr. spérma, -at-, f. base of speírein sow. Comb. form spermato- XIX.
So spermatic XVI. — late L. — Gr.

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