Where does “morphome” come from?

morphome (English) comes from English morpho, from Translingual Morpho, from Ancient Greek μορφώ — the Shapely One.

morphome (English): The totality of morphological features of a...

Definitions

  1. The totality of morphological features of a...

Ancestry of “morphome”, step by step

morphome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English morpho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmorphoAny of the genus "Morpho" of large tropical...
2TranslingualMorphogenus
3Ancient Greekμορφώthe Shapely One

via English ome

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishomeThe totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome
2LombardÓme
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφώ
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