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Where does “polyploid” come from?

polyploid (English) comes from English -ploid, from English diploid, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.

polyploid (English): Having more than the usual number of complete...

Definitions

  1. Having more than the usual number of complete...

Ancestry of “polyploid”, step by step

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

Words derived from “polyploid”

  • ploidy
  • polyploidy
  • polyploidization
  • allopolyploid
  • autopolyploid
  • autopolyploidy
  • endopolyploidy
  • allopolyploidization
  • interploidy
  • paleopolyploid
  • hypoploidy
  • autopolyploidization
  • multiploidy
  • depolyploidization
  • polyploidize
  • depolyploidize
  • intraploidy
  • palaeopolyploid
  • palaeopolyploidization
  • mesopolyploid
  • cryptopolyploidy
  • cryptopolyploid
  • allopolyploidisation
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