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Where does “antichromatin” come from?

antichromatin (English) comes from English chromatin, from German Chromatin, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

antichromatin (English): Directed against chromatin

Definitions

  1. Directed against chromatin

Ancestry of “antichromatin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchromatinA complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the...
2GermanChromatinchromatin
3German-īn—
4Latin-īnus—
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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