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Where does “homozygously” come from?

homozygously (English) comes from English homozygous, from English -zygous, from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald.

homozygously (English): In a homozygous manner

Definitions

  1. In a homozygous manner

Ancestry of “homozygously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhomozygousOf an organism in which both copies of a given...
2English-zygousHaving or originating from a specified state as a...
3Englishousplural of ou
4EnglishouA probably extinct species of Hawaiian...
5AfrikaansouAn old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of...
6Dutchoudold
7Middle Dutchoutold
8Old Dutchald—
9Proto-West Germanicaldold
10Proto-Germanicaldazold, grown up
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →