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Where does “multiexonic” come from?

multiexonic (English) comes from English exonic, from English exon, from English intron, from English intragenic, from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image — in.

multiexonic (English): Of or relating to more than one exon

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to more than one exon

Ancestry of “multiexonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexonicOf or pertaining to an exon
2EnglishexonAn officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the...
3EnglishintronA portion of a split gene that is included in...
4EnglishintragenicWithin a gene
5Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
6English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
7EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
8Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
9Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
10Spanishimagenimage
11Italianimmagineimage; imago
12Latinimāginem—
13Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
14Latinīn-—
15Latinîn—
16Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
17Proto-Italicenin
18Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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