Where does “protointron” come from?

protointron (English) comes from English intron, from English intragenic, from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

protointron (English): A section of RNA that develops into an intron

Definitions

  1. A section of RNA that develops into an intron

Ancestry of “protointron”, step by step

protointron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English intron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintronA portion of a split gene that is included in...
2EnglishintragenicWithin a gene
3Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English proto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprotoPrototypical; preceding the proper beginning of...
2Englishproto-first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating...
3Ancient Greekπρωτο-first, primary
4Ancient Greekπρῶτοςfirst; earliest; foremost, most prominent
5Ancient Greekπρόbefore; before, in front, forth, forward; before,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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