Where does “missegregate” come from?

missegregate (English) comes from English segregate, from Latin sēgregātus, from Latin sēgregō, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

missegregate (English): To segregate incorrectly (typically, chromosomes)

Definitions

  1. To segregate incorrectly (typically, chromosomes)

Ancestry of “missegregate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsegregateSeparate; select; Separated from others of the...
2Latinsēgregātusseparated
3Latinsēgregōto separate, divide
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →