Where does “chromosome” come from?
Chromosome comes from German Chromosom, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα meaning color, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreu, itself from Proto-Indo-European gʰer-.
chromosome (English): A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and...
Definitions
- A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and...
Ancestry of “chromosome”, step by step
Words derived from “chromosome”
- chromosomal
- chromosomally
- extrachromosomal
- intrachromosomal
- minichromosome
- interchromosomal
- isochromosome
- nonchromosomal
- multichromosomal
- subchromosomal
- chromosomic
- microchromosome
- intrachromosome
- extrachromosomally
- transchromosomic
- idiochromosome
- chromosomed
- macrochromosome
- intrachromosomally
- interchromosome
- heterochromosome
- minichromosomal
- multichromosome
- chromid