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primosome

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *pri Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Proto-Italic *prīzmos Latin primus Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor. English -some English primosome From Latin primus (“first”) + English -some (“nucleic unit”).

primosomes (plural)

primosomal

What does primosome mean?: A complex of proteins required for the initiation of bacterial DNA synthesis
Where does primosome come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *pri Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Proto-Italic *prīzmos Latin primus Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor. English -some English primosome From Latin primus (“first”) + English -some (“nucleic unit”).

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