Where does “metatranscriptomics” come from?
metatranscriptomics (English) comes from English transcriptomics, from English -omics, from English -ome, from English -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμᾰ, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
metatranscriptomics (English): A branch of transcriptomics that studies, and...
Definitions
- A branch of transcriptomics that studies, and...
Ancestry of “metatranscriptomics”, step by step
metatranscriptomics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transcriptomics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transcriptomics | The study of the transcriptome of a species or... |
| 2 | English | -omics | Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of... |
| 3 | English | -ome | A mass of something; The complete whole of a... |
| 4 | English | -oma | Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ωμᾰ | disease, tumor |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |