Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthologous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: or-thol-o-gous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting orthology; having been separated by a speciation event. Usually while retaining the same function.

Etymology

Etymology tree English orthology Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English orthologous From orthology + -ous.

Derived Forms

nonorthologous orthologously

Frequently Paired Words

ortholog homologous orthologization paralogous xenologous

Questions

What does orthologous mean?: Exhibiting orthology; having been separated by a speciation event. Usually while retaining the same function.
Where does orthologous come from?: Etymology tree English orthology Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English orthologous From orthology + -ous.

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