Where does “intercistronic” come from?
intercistronic (English) comes from English cistronic, from English cistron, from English cis, from English cisgender, from English cis-, from Latin cis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
intercistronic (English): Between cistrons
Definitions
- Between cistrons
Ancestry of “intercistronic”, step by step
intercistronic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cistronic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cistronic | Pertaining to a cistron |
| 2 | English | cistron | The unit of hereditary material that encodes one... |
| 3 | English | cis | Having two mutations on two genes on the same... |
| 4 | English | cisgender | Having a gender identity which matches the sex... |
| 5 | English | cis- | On this side of; API + diazene → cis-diazene;... |
| 6 | Latin | cis | on or to this or the near side of; short of;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |