Where does “allele” come from?

allele (Italian) comes from Italian allelomorfo, from Italian allelo-, from Italian -o-.

allele (Italian): allele

Definitions

  1. allele

Ancestry of “allele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianallelomorfoallelomorphic; allelomorph
2Italianallelo-—
3Italian-o-—

Words derived from “allele”

Every word from Italian -o- →Every word from Italian allelo- →Every word from Italian allelomorfo →