Where does “oligofractionate” come from?
oligofractionate (English) comes from English fractionate, from English fraction, from Middle English fraccioun, from Occitan fraccion, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
oligofractionate (English): To divide into oligofractions
Definitions
- To divide into oligofractions
Ancestry of “oligofractionate”, step by step
oligofractionate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fractionate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fractionate | To separate into its individual constituents by... |
| 2 | English | fraction | A part of a whole, especially a comparatively... |
| 3 | Middle English | fraccioun | a breaking |
| 4 | Occitan | fraccion | a part; fraction |
| 5 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English oligo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oligo | An oligonucleotide |
| 2 | English | oligonucleotide | A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs |
| 3 | English | nucleotide | The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer... |
| 4 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |