Where does “haplosis” come from?

haplosis (English) comes from English haplo-, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

haplosis (English): The halving of the number of chromosomes during...

Definitions

  1. The halving of the number of chromosomes during...

Ancestry of “haplosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhaplo-single; simple; haplic
2Ancient Greekἁπλόοςsingle; simple; honest, candid
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →