Where does “homeolocus” come from?

homeolocus (English) comes from English homeo-, from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

homeolocus (English): One of several loci that have the same sequence of nucleotides

Definitions

  1. One of several loci that have the same sequence of nucleotides

Ancestry of “homeolocus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhomeo-identity, sameness
2Ancient Greekὅμοιοςlike, resembling, similar
3Ancient Greekὁμόςsame, common, joint
4Ancient Greekφύλονa set of people or other beings
5Ancient Greekφιλίαfriendship, love, affection, fondness;...
6Ancient GreekἉρμονίαHarmonia
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂
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