Etymology

hexaploidization

Today it means: The replication of the genome of an organism to form a hexaploid. Full definition →

English hexaploid ← Latin hexa- ← Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Englishhexaploid
  8. English todayhexaploidization

From hexaploid + -ization.

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