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Where does “ploidy” come from?

ploidy (English) comes from English polyploidy, from English polyploid, 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.

ploidy (English): The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a...

Definitions

  1. The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a...

Ancestry of “ploidy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpolyploidyThe condition of being polyploid or the process...
2EnglishpolyploidHaving more than the usual number of complete...
3English-ploidIndicating the number of homologous sets of...
4EnglishdiploidOf a cell, having a pair of each type of...
5English-oidOf similar form to, but not the same as. Having...
6Latin-oides-like, -form
7Greek-οending for "accusative singular" forms ; and some...
8Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
9Spanish-scopio-scope
10Latin-scopium—
11Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
12Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
13Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
14Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
16Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “ploidy”

  • interploidy
  • hypoploidy
  • multiploidy
  • intraploidy
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