Where does “microhaplotype” come from?
microhaplotype (English) comes from English haplotype, from English type, from Middle English type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
microhaplotype (English): Any haplotype that has very few alleles
Definitions
- Any haplotype that has very few alleles
Ancestry of “microhaplotype”, step by step
microhaplotype traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haplotype
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haplotype | A group of alleles that are transmitted together;... |
| 2 | English | type | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | type | symbol, figure, emblem |
| 4 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |