Etymology

retrotransposon

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Today it means: A transposable fragment of a genome that can undergo retrotransposition. Full definition →

English transposon ← Latin retrō ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinretrō
  4. Englishretro-
  5. Englishtranspose
  6. Englishtransposon
  7. English todayretrotransposon

From retro- + transposon.

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