Etymology

subclone

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Today it means: A clone or descendant of a mutant occurring in a previous clone Full definition →

English clone ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishclone
  5. English todaysubclone

From sub- + clone.

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