Etymology

postreplication

P3O1S1T1R1E1P3L1I1C3A1T1I1O1N1

Today it means: Used, attributively, to describe the period following replication of nucleic acid Full definition →

English replication ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishreplication
  8. English todaypostreplication

From post- + replication.

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