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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

  1. A cosmid related to a bacterial fertility factor

Ancestry of “fosmid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcosmidA type of plasmid constructed by the insertion...
2EnglishCos—
3EnglishcoClipping of company; they; them
4EnglishcompanyA team; a group of people who work together...
5Middle EnglishcompanyeA company, band, small group, or team of people;...
6Old Frenchcompaigniecompanionship
7Old FrenchcompainAlternative form of compaing; friend; companion
8Latincompāniō—
9Latincom-allomorph of con-
10Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
17Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
18Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
19Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

Words derived from “fosmid”

  • fosmidial
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