Where does “museomics” come from?
museomics (English) comes from English omics, from English -omics, from English -ome, from English -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμᾰ, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
museomics (English): genomics by the use of organisms that are only found in museum collections
Definitions
- genomics by the use of organisms that are only found in museum collections
Ancestry of “museomics”, step by step
museomics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English omics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omics | Any of several biochemical or genetic subfields... |
| 2 | English | -omics | Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of... |
| 3 | English | -ome | A mass of something; The complete whole of a... |
| 4 | English | -oma | Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ωμᾰ | disease, tumor |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |