Where does “marginotomy” come from?

marginotomy (English) comes from English margin, from Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem, from Latin margō, from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- — edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...

marginotomy (English): The cutting (or incomplete copying) of the margins of a polynucleotide

Definitions

  1. The cutting (or incomplete copying) of the margins of a polynucleotide

Ancestry of “marginotomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmarginThe edge of the paper, typically left blank when...
2Middle EnglishmargynThe edge or border of something
3Latinmarginemaccusative singular of margō
4Latinmargōborder, margin, edge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmerǵ-edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European merǵ- →Every word from Latin margō →Every word from Latin marginem →