Etymology

polylinker

P3O1L1Y4L1I1N1K5E1R1

Today it means: A short sequence of DNA containing several restriction enzyme recognition sites that is contained in cloning vectors Full definition →

English linker ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishlinker
  6. English todaypolylinker

From poly- + linker.

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