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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

  1. Of or pertaining to microchimerism

Ancestry of “microchimeric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicrochimerismThe presence of a small number of cells in an...
2EnglishchimerismThe property of being a genetic chimera
3EnglishChimera—
4Middle Englishchimere—
5Frenchchimèrechimera; chimaera
6Latinchimaera—
7Ancient Greekχίμαιραa she-goat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéyōmwinter; year; frost, snow
9Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
10Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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