Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: genom
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of genome.

Dated

Etymology

From German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Genom

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

genoms (plural)

Questions

What does genom mean?: Dated form of genome.
Where does genom come from?: It is traced to German.

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