Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cohesin

/koʊˈhisən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: co-hesin
IPA: /koʊˈhisən/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cohaesiōlbor. French cohésionbor. English cohesion Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English cohesin From cohesion + -in.

Inflected Forms

cohesins (plural)

Derived Forms

intercohesin intracohesin

Questions

How do you pronounce cohesin?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊˈhisən/.
What does cohesin mean?: Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis
Where does cohesin come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cohaesiōlbor. French cohésionbor. English cohesion Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English cohesin From cohesion + -in.

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