Where does “fosmid” come from?
fosmid (English) comes from English cosmid, from English Cos, from English co, from English company, from Middle English companye, from Old French compaignie, from Old French compain, from Latin compāniō — whale, sea monster; abyss.
fosmid (English): A cosmid related to a bacterial fertility factor
Definitions
- A cosmid related to a bacterial fertility factor
Ancestry of “fosmid”, step by step
fosmid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cosmid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cosmid | A type of plasmid constructed by the insertion... |
| 2 | English | Cos | a long-leaved variety of lettuce |
| 3 | English | co | Clipping of company; they; them |
| 4 | English | company | A team; a group of people who work together... |
| 5 | Middle English | companye | A company, band, small group, or team of people;... |
| 6 | Old French | compaignie | companionship |
| 7 | Old French | compain | Alternative form of compaing; friend; companion |
| 8 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 18 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English fertility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fertility | The condition, or the degree, of being fertile;... |
| 2 | Middle French | fertilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | fertilitas | fruitfulness, fertility, abundance |
| 4 | Latin | fertilis | fruitful, fertile; productive |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |