Where does “diheterozygous” come from?
diheterozygous (English) comes from English heterozygous, from English -zygous, from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald — to grow, nourish.
diheterozygous (English): Having two genotypes which are both heterozygous
Definitions
- Having two genotypes which are both heterozygous
Ancestry of “diheterozygous”, step by step
diheterozygous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English heterozygous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heterozygous | Of an organism which has two different alleles of... |
| 2 | English | -zygous | Having or originating from a specified state as a... |
| 3 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 4 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 5 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 6 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 8 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English Di
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Di | — |