Where does “transposome” come from?

transposome (English) comes from English transpose, from Old French transposer, from Latin transpositus, from Latin transpono, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

transposome (English): The set of genetic transpositions in an organism

Definitions

  1. The set of genetic transpositions in an organism

Ancestry of “transposome”, step by step

transposome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English transpose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransposeTo reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange
2Old Frenchtransposer
3Latintranspositustransferred
4LatintransponoI place over or across; I transfer
5Latintrānsacross, beyond
6LatinPadusthe River Po
7LeponticBodincus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via English ome

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishomeThe totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome
2LombardÓme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn