Where does “paleotetraploidy” come from?
paleotetraploidy (English) comes from English tetraploidy, from English tetraploid, from English -ploid, from English diploid, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to see, to look, to observe.
paleotetraploidy (English): The condition of being paleotetraploid
Definitions
- The condition of being paleotetraploid
Ancestry of “paleotetraploidy”, step by step
paleotetraploidy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tetraploidy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tetraploidy | The condition in which cells have four of each... |
| 2 | English | tetraploid | Having four times the haploid number of... |
| 3 | English | -ploid | Indicating the number of homologous sets of... |
| 4 | English | diploid | Of a cell, having a pair of each type of... |
| 5 | English | -oid | Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having... |
| 6 | Latin | -oides | -like, -form |
| 7 | Greek | -ο | ending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via English paleo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paleo | Clipping of paleodiet |
| 2 | Hawaiian | leo | voice; sound; command; verbal message |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | leo | voice; language; speech |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | leqo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | *(qa-)liqoʀ | throat front part of the neck |
| 6 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | liqəʀ | neck |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | liqəʀ | neck |