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Where does “chromocenter” come from?

chromocenter (English) comes from English Center, from Middle English center, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom.

chromocenter (English): An irregular mass of heterochromatin in some...

Definitions

  1. An irregular mass of heterochromatin in some...

Ancestry of “chromocenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCenter—
2Middle Englishcenter—
3Middle Frenchcentre—
4Latincentrumcenter ; centre
5Ancient GreekκέντρονSomething with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;...
6Proto-Hellenic*kéntron—
7Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom—
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