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Where does “cenome” come from?

cenome (English) comes from English cene, from English control, from Middle English controllen, from Middle French contreroller, from Medieval Latin contrarotulare, from Latin contrarotulus, from Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula.

cenome (English): All the control genes of an organism

Definitions

  1. All the control genes of an organism

Ancestry of “cenome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishceneA control gene
2EnglishcontrolTo exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate...
3Middle Englishcontrollento restrain or keep in check
4Middle Frenchcontrerollerto control
5Medieval Latincontrarotulare—
6Latincontrarotuluscopy of a roll
7LatinrotulusAlternative form of rotula; roll; roll of paper
8Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
9Arabicرَطْل—
10Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
11Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
12Frenchlitrelitre
13Medieval Latinlitra—
14Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
15Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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