Where does “bicistron” come from?
bicistron (English) comes from English cistron, from English cis, from English cisgender, from English cis-, from Latin cis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
bicistron (English): A second, coexpressed plasmid
Definitions
- A second, coexpressed plasmid
Ancestry of “bicistron”, step by step
bicistron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cistron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cistron | The unit of hereditary material that encodes one... |
| 2 | English | cis | Having two mutations on two genes on the same... |
| 3 | English | cisgender | Having a gender identity which matches the sex... |
| 4 | English | cis- | On this side of; API + diazene → cis-diazene;... |
| 5 | Latin | cis | on or to this or the near side of; short of;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English bi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bi | Bisexual; A bisexual person; A type of jade disk... |
| 2 | English | biceps | Any muscle having two heads; Specifically, the... |
| 3 | Latin | biceps | double-headed, having two heads; having two... |
| 4 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 5 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |