Etymology

interphase

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Today it means: The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions. Full definition →

English phase ← New Latin phasis ← Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  10. Ancient Greekφᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-)
  11. Ancient Greekφάσις (phásis)
  12. New Latinphasis
  13. Englishphase
  14. English todayinterphase

From inter- + phase.

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