Where does “heterotetraploid” come from?

heterotetraploid (English) comes from English tetraploid, from English -ploid, from English diploid, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.

heterotetraploid (English): tetraploid but whose strands are not all the same

Definitions

  1. tetraploid but whose strands are not all the same

Ancestry of “heterotetraploid”, step by step

heterotetraploid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tetraploid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtetraploidHaving four times the haploid number of...
2English-ploidIndicating the number of homologous sets of...
3EnglishdiploidOf a cell, having a pair of each type of...
4English-oidOf similar form to, but not the same as. Having...
5Latin-oides-like, -form
6Greek-οending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via English hetero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheteroHeterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a...
2EnglishheterosexualSexually attracted to members of the opposite...
3English-sexualForms a noun or adjective describing a state or...
4EnglishsexualArising from the fact of being male or female;...
5Latinsexuālissexual
6Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
7Proto-Italicseksus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from English -oid
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