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Where does “dodecaploidization” come from?

dodecaploidization (English) comes from English dodecaploid, from English -ploid, from English diploid, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.

dodecaploidization (English): The process of becoming dodecaploid

Definitions

  1. The process of becoming dodecaploid

Ancestry of “dodecaploidization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdodecaploidHaving twelve complete sets of chromosomes in a...
2English-ploidIndicating the number of homologous sets of...
3EnglishdiploidOf a cell, having a pair of each type of...
4English-oidOf similar form to, but not the same as. Having...
5Latin-oides-like, -form
6Greek-οending for "accusative singular" forms ; and some...
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium—
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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