Etymology

megabase

M3E1G2A1B3A1S1E1

Today it means: A length of nucleic acid containing one million nucleotides (bases if single-stranded, base pairs if double-stranded) Full definition →

English base ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishbase
  6. English todaymegabase

From mega- + base.

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