Where does “pleiotropy” come from?

pleiotropy (English) comes from Ancient Greek πλείων, from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs — full.

pleiotropy (English): The influence of a single gene on multiple...

Definitions

  1. The influence of a single gene on multiple...

Ancestry of “pleiotropy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπλείωνmore, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,...
2Proto-Hellenic*pleíhōn—
3Proto-Indo-European*pléh₁yōsfull

Words derived from “pleiotropy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn →Every word from Ancient Greek πλείων →