Where does “metatranscription” come from?
metatranscription (English) comes from English transcription, from Middle French transcription, from Latin transcriptiōnem, from Latin trānscrībō, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
metatranscription (English): The transcription of the nucleic acid of a group of related, or interacting organisms
Definitions
- The transcription of the nucleic acid of a group of related, or interacting organisms
Ancestry of “metatranscription”, step by step
metatranscription traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transcription
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transcription | The act or process of transcribing; Something... |
| 2 | Middle French | transcription | — |
| 3 | Latin | transcriptiōnem | — |
| 4 | Latin | trānscrībō | to transfer in writing, copy off, transcribe |
| 5 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |