The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromζυγόν“junction, yoke”
- French · derived fromzygotène
- English todayzygotene
From French zygotène, corresponding to zygo- (“union, zygosis”, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene (“filament”, from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)), equivalent to zygote + -tene. Coined by Victor Grégoire in 1907 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζυγόν all →
librazygonzyg-zygapophysiszygo-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.