The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-πλ(όος)“-fold”
- English today-ploid
Back-formation from haploid and diploid. Equivalent to Ancient Greek -πλ(όος) (-pl(óos), “-fold”) + -oid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
-ploid
Today it means: Indicating the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell. Full definition →
Ancient Greek -πλ(όος)