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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

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*sum—
7Proto-Germanicsumazsome , a certain; some, certain
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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