'apogamic' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'apogamia', where 'a-' meant 'without' and 'gamos' meant 'marriage' or 'union'.

'apogamic' changed from Late Latin/Medieval Latin 'apogamia' into English as the noun 'apogamy' and later formed the adjective 'apogamic' in modern English.

Initially it referred generally to 'absence of marriage or sexual union'; over time it came to be used specifically for biological reproduction 'without fertilization' and derivatives describing that condition.