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Where does “internucleosomal” come from?

internucleosomal (English) comes from English nucleosomal, from English nucleosome, from English nucleo-, from Latin nū̆cleus, from Latin nuculea, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

internucleosomal (English): Between nucleosomes

Definitions

  1. Between nucleosomes

Ancestry of “internucleosomal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnucleosomalOf or pertaining to a nucleosome
2EnglishnucleosomeAny of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a...
3Englishnucleo-Forming words pertaining to nuclei
4Latinnū̆cleus—
5Latinnuculeapertaining to a small nut
6Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
7Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
8Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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