Etymology

cohesin

C3O1H4E1S1I1N1

Today it means: Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis Full definition →

English cohesion ← French cohésion ← Latin cohaesiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinhaereō
  7. Latincohaereō
  8. Latincohaesiō
  9. Frenchcohésion
  10. Englishcohesion
  11. English todaycohesin

From cohesion + -in.

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