Where does “transduplication” come from?
transduplication (English) comes from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
transduplication (English): The acquisition of unrelated gene fragments by a transposable element
Definitions
- The acquisition of unrelated gene fragments by a transposable element
Ancestry of “transduplication”, step by step
transduplication traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 2 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 3 | English | gender | kind |
| 4 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 5 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English duplication
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | duplication | The act of duplicating; A folding over; a fold;... |
| 2 | Late Latin | duplicatio | — |
| 3 | Latin | duplicō | to double, multiply by two, duplicate; repeat; enlarge, increase, exaggerate |
| 4 | Latin | duplex | twofold, double; bipartite, cloven; ambiguous |
| 5 | Latin | plico | I fold, bend or flex; I roll up; I arrive |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | plekāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |