gam
marriage
Greek · gamos (γάμος)
Gam comes from Greek gamos, marriage. Monogamous means one partner, polygamy means many, bigamy means a second marriage while still married, and misogamy means hatred of marriage.
Memory trick
Gam sounds like 'game': picture a wedding game with two partners.
Words from this root
- bigamy (bi + gamy) — marrying while already marriedपहले से विवाहित होते हुए विवाह करना
- digamy (di + gamy) — second marriageदूसरा विवाह
- polygamy (poly + gamy) — having several spousesबहुविवाह
- monogamous (mono + gam + ous) — having one partnerएक साथी वाला
- monogamously (mono + gam + ous + ly) — in a one-partner wayएक साथी के साथ
- nonmonogamous (non + mono + gam + ous) — not limited to one partnerएक साथी तक सीमित नहीं
- misogamy (miso + gamy) — hatred of marriageविवाह से घृणा
- homogamy (homo + gamy) — marriage between similar peopleसमान लोगों के बीच विवाह
- xenogamy (xeno + gamy) — cross-fertilisation of flowersफूलों का पर-परागण
- syngamy (syn + gamy) — union of gametesयुग्मकों का मिलन
- cryptogam (crypto + gam) — plant reproducing without flowersबिना फूल के प्रजनन करने वाला पौधा
- gamete (gam + ete) — reproductive cellप्रजनन कोशिका, युग्मक