'apomict' originates from New Latin and ultimately from Greek 'apomixis' (ἀπομίξις), where 'apo-' meant 'away from' and 'mixis' meant 'mixing'.

'apomict' developed via New Latin/modern Latin from the Greek term 'apomixis' and the adjective/participle forms in Late Latin/New Latin (e.g. 'apomictus'), and eventually entered modern English as 'apomict'.

Initially it referred to the process 'apomixis' (absence of mixing/fertilization); over time it also came to denote an organism or an adjective describing organisms that exhibit that process.