Where does “tetraploid” come from?
Tetraploid comes from English -ploid, from English diploid, from English -oid, from Ancient Greek -ειδής meaning "of the form or appearance of," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning "to see."
tetraploid (English): Having four times the haploid number of...
Definitions
- Having four times the haploid number of...
Ancestry of “tetraploid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ploid | Indicating the number of homologous sets of... |
| 2 | English | diploid | Of a cell, having a pair of each type of... |
| 3 | English | -oid | Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having... |
| 4 | Latin | -oides | -like, -form |
| 5 | Greek | -ο | ending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 7 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 8 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |