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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

  1. Those cells of an individual that have genetic...

Ancestry of “germline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGerma German person
2EnglishGermanA native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of...
3LatinGermānia—
4LatinGermānī—
5LatinGermānus—
6Latingermenshoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,...
7Proto-Italicgenamen—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁mn̥offspring, seed
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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