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Where does “monozygotic” come from?

Monozygotic comes from English zygote, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα and Proto-Indo-European yewg-, gʰreu, and -kos, ultimately meaning to join or yoke together.

monozygotic (English): That has developed from a single fertilized ovum

Definitions

  1. That has developed from a single fertilized ovum

Ancestry of “monozygotic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzygoticOf or pertaining to a zygote
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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