Where does “interploidy” come from?
interploidy (English) comes from English ploidy, from English polyploidy, from English polyploid, from English -ploid, from English diploid, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο — to see, to look, to observe.
interploidy (English): Between organisms that have different ploidy
Definitions
- Between organisms that have different ploidy
Ancestry of “interploidy”, step by step
interploidy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ploidy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ploidy | The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a... |
| 2 | English | polyploidy | The condition of being polyploid or the process... |
| 3 | English | polyploid | Having more than the usual number of complete... |
| 4 | English | -ploid | Indicating the number of homologous sets of... |
| 5 | English | diploid | Of a cell, having a pair of each type of... |
| 6 | English | -oid | Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having... |
| 7 | Latin | -oides | -like, -form |
| 8 | Greek | -ο | ending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 10 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 11 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 15 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
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 |