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Where does “anticodon” come from?

Anticodon comes from English code, from Ancient Greek ἀντί meaning "against," combined with Latin caudex meaning "tree trunk" or "wooden block," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- meaning "to press" or "to squeeze."

anticodon (English): A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA...

Definitions

  1. A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA...

Ancestry of “anticodon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcodón—
2EnglishcodonA handbell used for summoning monks; The "bell"...
3EnglishcodeA short symbol, often with little relation to the...
4EnglishbytecodeP-code
5EnglishbyteA short sequence of bits that can be operated on...
6EnglishbiteTo cut into something by clamping the teeth; To...
7Middle Englishbitento bite
8Old Englishbetēonto cover, surround, enclose; to cover, surround,...
9Old Englishtēonto drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to...
10Old Englishtēohan—
11Proto-West Germanicteuhanto pull; to lead
12Proto-Germanicteuhanąto lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag
13Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
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