Etymology

dinucleotide

D2I1N1U1C3L1E1O1T1I1D2E1

Today it means: Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units. Full definition →

English nucleotide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin nucleu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Italic*knuks
  8. Latinnux
  9. Latinnucleu
  10. Englishnucleus
  11. Englishnucleo-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Englishnucleotide
  14. English todaydinucleotide

From di- + nucleotide.

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