Etymology

monoallelic

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Today it means: Involving a single allele Full definition →

English allelic ← Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-) ← Proto-Hellenic *mónwos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Englishallele
  7. Englishallelic
  8. English todaymonoallelic

From mono- + allelic.

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