Where does “ditelosomic” come from?

ditelosomic (English) comes from English telosomic, from English telosome, from English some, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

ditelosomic (English): Having a segment missing from two chromosomes;...

Definitions

  1. Having a segment missing from two chromosomes;...

Ancestry of “ditelosomic”, step by step

ditelosomic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English telosomic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtelosomichaving one segment of a chromosome missing;...
2EnglishtelosomeA nuclear telomere cap complex that is formed by...
3EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
4Middle Englishsomsome
5Old Englishsumsome
6Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
7Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Proto-Germanic sumazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *sum