Topic summary
Anisogamous
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Anisogamy.
Etymology
Anisogamy (the opposite of isogamy) comes from the ancient Greek negative prefix a(n)- (alpha privative), the Greek adjective isos (meaning equal) and the Greek verb gameo (meaning to have sex/to reproduce), eventually meaning "non-equal reproduction" obviously referring to the enormous differences between male and female gametes in size and abilities. The first known use of the term "anisogamous" was in the year 1891.