Etymology

subtelomeric

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a subtelomere. Full definition →

English subtelomere ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishtelomere
  7. Englishsubtelomere
  8. English todaysubtelomeric

From subtelomere + -ic.

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