Where does “germline” come from?
Germline comes from English germ and English line, where germ derives from Latin germen meaning "sprout" or "seed," from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to produce or give birth."
germline (English): Those cells of an individual that have genetic...
Definitions
- Those cells of an individual that have genetic...
Ancestry of “germline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Germ | a German person |
| 2 | English | German | A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of... |
| 3 | Latin | Germānia | — |
| 4 | Latin | Germānī | — |
| 5 | Latin | Germānus | — |
| 6 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |