Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backcrossing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: back-cross-ing
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of backcross

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English crossing English backcrossing From back + crossing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

backcrossings (plural) back-crossing (alternative)

Questions

What does backcrossing mean?: The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
Where does backcrossing come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English crossing English backcrossing From back + crossing.

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