Where does “megagenome” come from?

megagenome (English) comes from English genome, from English genom, from German Genom — genome.

megagenome (English): A very large genome

Definitions

  1. A very large genome

Ancestry of “megagenome”, step by step

megagenome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English genome

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenomeThe complete genetic information of an organism
2Englishgenom—
3GermanGenomgenome

via English mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegaVery large; great; excellent
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from German Genom →Every word from English genom →Every word from English genome →
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