Etymology

trinucleotide

T1R1I1N1U1C3L1E1O1T1I1D2E1

Today it means: a codon containing three nucleotides Full definition →

English nucleotide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin nucleu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Italic*knuks
  7. Latinnux
  8. Latinnucleu
  9. Englishnucleus
  10. Englishnucleo-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Englishnucleotide
  13. English todaytrinucleotide

From tri- + nucleotide.

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