Etymology

-tene

Today it means: Ribbon-like structure; Used to form words relating the structure of chromosomes in meiosis Full definition →

Ancient Greek ταινία
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromταινία“ribbon, band, fillet”
  2. English today-tene

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, band, fillet”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekταινία all →

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