Etymology

gigabase

G2I1G2A1B3A1S1E1

Today it means: One billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid Full definition →

English base ← Middle English bas ← Old French bas
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Late Latinbassus
  5. Old Frenchbas
  6. Middle Englishbas
  7. Englishbase
  8. English todaygigabase

From giga- + base.

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