Where does “pseudogene” come from?

pseudogene (English) comes from English gene, from German gēn, from Middle High German gēn, from Old High German gēn, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

pseudogene (English): A segment of DNA that is part of the genome of an...

Definitions

  1. A segment of DNA that is part of the genome of an...

Ancestry of “pseudogene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeneA theoretical unit of heredity of living...
2Germangēn—
3Middle High Germangēn—
4Old High Germangēn—
5Proto-West Germanicgānto go
6Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “pseudogene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →