The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀλλήλων“each other”
- English · derived fromallelomorph
- German · borrowed fromAllel
- English todayallele
Borrowed from German Allel, shortened from Allelomorph, from English allelomorph. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn, “each other”) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀλλήλων all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.