Where does “premutation” come from?

premutation (English) comes from English mutation, from Middle English mutacioun, from Old French mutacion, from Latin mutatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

premutation (English): Of or relating to a premutation; A nucleotide...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a premutation; A nucleotide...

Ancestry of “premutation”, step by step

premutation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mutation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmutationAny alteration or change; Any heritable change of...
2Middle Englishmutaciounalteration, change, modification
3Old Frenchmutacionalteration; change
4Latinmutatiochange, alteration; interchange, exchange
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpreBefore; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To...
2Latinpraebefore; in front; in front of
3Proto-Italicpraibefore; in front of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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