Where does “cyclooligomer” come from?
cyclooligomer (English) comes from English oligomer, from English oligo, from English oligonucleotide, from English nucleotide, from English nucleo-, from Latin nū̆cleus, from Latin nuculea, from Latin -eus — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
cyclooligomer (English): Any cyclic oligomer
Definitions
- Any cyclic oligomer
Ancestry of “cyclooligomer”, step by step
cyclooligomer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English oligomer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oligomer | A compound intermediate between a monomer and a... |
| 2 | English | oligo | An oligonucleotide |
| 3 | English | oligonucleotide | A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs |
| 4 | English | nucleotide | The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer... |
| 5 | English | nucleo- | Forming words pertaining to nuclei |
| 6 | Latin | nū̆cleus | (small) nut |
| 7 | Latin | nuculea | pertaining to a small nut |
| 8 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
via English cyclo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cyclo | A tuk-tuk; A cycle rickshaw |
| 2 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 3 | Middle English | O | — |
| 4 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 5 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |