Etymology

heteroallele

H4E1T1E1R1O1A1L1L1E1L1E1

Today it means: Any of several alternative forms of a gene that differ at different mutation sites. Full definition →

English allele ← Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros) ← Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Englishallele
  7. English todayheteroallele

From hetero- + allele.

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