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Where does “diploid” come from?

Diploid comes from Ancient Greek diplóos meaning double, combined with the Ancient Greek suffix -eidhḗs meaning resembling, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning to see.

diploid (English): Of a cell, having a pair of each type of...

Definitions

  1. Of a cell, having a pair of each type of...

Ancestry of “diploid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-oidOf similar form to, but not the same as. Having...
2Latin-oides-like, -form
3Greek-οending for "accusative singular" forms ; and some...
4Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
5Spanish-scopio-scope
6Latin-scopium—
7Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
8Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
9Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
10Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “diploid”

  • tetraploid
  • triploid
  • ploidy
  • polyploid
  • polyploidy
  • aneuploid
  • hexaploid
  • triploidy
  • polyploidization
  • allotetraploid
  • allopolyploid
  • euploid
  • diploidy
  • autotetraploid
  • haplodiploid
  • monoploid
  • amphidiploid
  • octoploid
  • pentaploid
  • hyperdiploid
  • autopolyploid
  • tetraploidization
  • diploidization
  • autopolyploidy
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