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Where does “allelic” come from?

Allelic derives from English allele, blended with English -morph from Ancient Greek μορφή meaning form, via the earlier term allelomorph.

allelic (English): Of or pertaining to alleles; Of or pertaining to...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to alleles; Of or pertaining to...

Ancestry of “allelic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “allelic”

  • biallelic
  • monoallelic
  • nonallelic
  • multiallelic
  • biallelically
  • triallelic
  • monoallelically
  • heteroallelic
  • allelically
  • homoallelic
  • polyallelic
  • tetraallelic
  • epiallelic
  • intra-allelic
  • allelicity
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