Where does “microchimeric” come from?
microchimeric (English) comes from English microchimerism, from English chimerism, from English Chimera, from Middle English chimere, from French chimère, from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéyōm.
microchimeric (English): Of or pertaining to microchimerism
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to microchimerism
Ancestry of “microchimeric”, step by step
microchimeric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English microchimerism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | microchimerism | The presence of a small number of cells in an... |
| 2 | English | chimerism | The property of being a genetic chimera |
| 3 | English | Chimera | A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon |
| 4 | Middle English | chimere | — |
| 5 | French | chimère | chimera; chimaera |
| 6 | Latin | chimaera | Chimera |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χίμαιρα | a she-goat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéyōm | winter; year; frost, snow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |