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Where does “bicistronicity” come from?

bicistronicity (English) comes from English bicistronic, from English cistron, from English cis, from English cisgender, from English cis-, from Latin cis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

bicistronicity (English): The condition of being bicistronic

Definitions

  1. The condition of being bicistronic

Ancestry of “bicistronicity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbicistronicHaving or involving two cistrons, loci...
2EnglishcistronThe unit of hereditary material that encodes one...
3EnglishcisHaving two mutations on two genes on the same...
4EnglishcisgenderHaving a gender identity which matches the sex...
5Englishcis-On this side of; API + diazene → cis-diazene;...
6Latincison or to this or the near side of; short of;...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt—
9Germankitt—
10Old High Germankuti—
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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