Etymology

haplodiploid

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Today it means: In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera Full definition →

English diploid ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos) ← Proto-Hellenic *hə-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̔- (hă-)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)
  6. Englishhaplo-
  7. Englishdiploid
  8. English todayhaplodiploid

From haplo- + diploid.

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