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Where does “mitotic” come from?

mitotic (English) comes from French mitotique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

mitotic (English): Of or pertaining to mitosis

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to mitosis

Ancestry of “mitotic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmitotiquemitotic
2French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
3Middle French-ique—
4Old French-ique-ic
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Proto-Italic*-ikos—

Words derived from “mitotic”

  • mitotically
  • postmitotic
  • antimitotic
  • premitotic
  • nonmitotic
  • intermitotic
  • endomitotic
  • polymitotic
  • hypermitotic
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