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Where does “microhomology” come from?

microhomology (English) comes from English homology, from Latin homologia, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογία, from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

microhomology (English): The presence of the same short sequence of bases...

Definitions

  1. The presence of the same short sequence of bases...

Ancestry of “microhomology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhomologyThe relationship of being homologous; a...
2Latinhomologia—
3Ancient Greekὁμολογίαagreement, common assumption
4Ancient Greekὁμόλογοςin agreement; agreeing, of one mind
5Ancient Greekὁμόςsame, common, joint
6Ancient Greekφύλον—
7Ancient Greekφιλίαfriendship, love, affection, fondness;...
8Ancient GreekἉρμονία—
9Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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