Where does “meroclone” come from?

meroclone (English) comes from English mero, from Spanish mero, from Latin merus, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

meroclone (English): A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower...

Definitions

  1. A colony-forming stem cell that has a lower...

Ancestry of “meroclone”, step by step

meroclone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeroAny of several large groupers of warm seas;...
2Spanishmeromere; pure; grouper
3Latinmerussheer, undiluted, pure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via English clone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcloneA living organism produced asexually from a...
2Ancient Greekκλώνtwig, spray, slip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Latin merus →Every word from Spanish mero →