Where does “genomics” come from?

Genomics is formed from English gene and English -ics, ultimately deriving from Ancient Greek γενεά meaning family or race.

genomics (English): The study of the complete genome of an organism

Definitions

  1. The study of the complete genome of an organism

Ancestry of “genomics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeneA theoretical unit of heredity of living...
2Germangēn
3Middle High Germangēn
4Old High Germangēn
5Proto-West Germanicgānto go
6Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “genomics

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ-