Gamet

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from French Gamet, a pet form of the personal name Gamo, which is probably based on the Proto-Germanic lemmas *gamaną (“pleasure, joy”) or *gamalaz (“old, weak”).
• Borrowed from Tagalog Gamet.

Gamet (plural Gamets)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gamet is the 39717^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 553 individuals. Gamet is most common among White (77.22%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.03%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gamet”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.

From Ancient Greek γαμέτης (gamétēs).

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈmeːt]

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• Hyphenation: Ga‧met

Gamet m (weak, genitive Gameten, plural Gameten)

1. (biology) gamete

   Synonyms: Geschlechtszelle f; Keimzelle f

   Antonyms: Agamet m; Körperzelle f

• Fortpflanzungszelle f
• Zelle f

• Zygote f

• “Gamet” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gamet” in Duden online