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Where does “mesosyntenic” come from?

mesosyntenic (English) comes from English mesosynteny, from English meso-, from Ancient Greek μέσος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

mesosyntenic (English): Relating to, or exhibiting mesosynteny

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or exhibiting mesosynteny

Ancestry of “mesosyntenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmesosyntenyThe sharing of large chromosomal regions with the...
2Englishmeso-middle; intermediate; Designating an achiral...
3Ancient Greekμέσοςmiddle of, between, amidst; half; of middle...
4Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
5Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
6Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
8Proto-Indo-European-ess—
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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