Etymology

nucleofilament

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Today it means: A filamentous form of a chromosome made from nucleosome subunits. Full definition →

English filament ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō
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  1. Proto-Italic*knuks
  2. Latinnux
  3. Latinnucleu
  4. Englishnucleus
  5. Englishnucleo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  7. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  8. Latinfīlum
  9. Late Latinfīlō
  10. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  11. Englishfilament
  12. English todaynucleofilament

From nucleo- + filament.

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