Etymology

multigene

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Today it means: Involving multiple genes Full definition →

English gene ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Englishgene
  9. English todaymultigene

From multi- + gene.

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