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Where does “endoduplication” come from?

endoduplication (English) comes from English duplication, from Late Latin duplicatio, from Latin duplicō, from Latin duplex, from Latin plico, from Proto-Italic plekāō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

endoduplication (English): replication of a nuclear genome in the absence of...

Definitions

  1. replication of a nuclear genome in the absence of...

Ancestry of “endoduplication”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishduplicationThe act of duplicating; A folding over; a fold;...
2Late Latinduplicatio—
3Latinduplicō—
4Latinduplextwofold, double; bipartite, cloven; ambiguous
5LatinplicoI fold, bend or flex; I roll up; I arrive
6Proto-Italicplekāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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