Where does “multicistronic” come from?

multicistronic (English) comes from English cistronic, from English cistron, from English cis, from English cisgender, from English cis-, from Latin cis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

multicistronic (English): Having or involving a multiple cistrons

Definitions

  1. Having or involving a multiple cistrons

Ancestry of “multicistronic”, step by step

multicistronic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cistronic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcistronicPertaining to a cistron
2EnglishcistronThe unit of hereditary material that encodes one...
3EnglishcisHaving two mutations on two genes on the same...
4EnglishcisgenderHaving a gender identity which matches the sex...
5Englishcis-On this side of; API + diazene → cis-diazene;...
6Latincison or to this or the near side of; short of;...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt
9Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
10Old High Germankuti
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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