Where does “minitransgene” come from?
minitransgene (English) comes from English transgene, from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
minitransgene (English): A relatively small transgene
Definitions
- A relatively small transgene
Ancestry of “minitransgene”, step by step
minitransgene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transgene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transgene | A gene from one species introduced into the... |
| 2 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 3 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 4 | English | gender | kind |
| 5 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 6 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |