Where does “monobrachial” come from?

monobrachial (English) comes from English brachial, from Latin bracchiālis, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

monobrachial (English): Relating to one arm of a chromosome

Definitions

  1. Relating to one arm of a chromosome

Ancestry of “monobrachial”, step by step

monobrachial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English brachial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrachialPertaining or belonging to the arm; Of the nature...
2Latinbracchiālisbrachial
3Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
4Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
5Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

via English mono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonoClipping of mononucleosis; A bicycle or...
2Englishmono-API; one, single, only
3Ancient Greekμονο-one; mono-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-