Where does “allohexaploid” come from?
allohexaploid (English) comes from English hexaploid, from English -ploid, from English diploid, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.
allohexaploid (English): Having six complete sets of chromosomes derived...
Definitions
- Having six complete sets of chromosomes derived...
Ancestry of “allohexaploid”, step by step
allohexaploid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hexaploid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hexaploid | Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a... |
| 2 | English | -ploid | Indicating the number of homologous sets of... |
| 3 | English | diploid | Of a cell, having a pair of each type of... |
| 4 | English | -oid | Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having... |
| 5 | Latin | -oides | -like, -form |
| 6 | Greek | -ο | ending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via English allo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | allo | Alternative spelling of 'allo |
| 2 | English | allosexual | Directed toward or involving another person... |
| 3 | English | allo- | different, other; isomeric; especially, of amino... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |