English
allelomorph
Allelomorph comes from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων ‘one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂el-‘beyond, other’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂élyos‘other, another’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄλλοςállos‘other’next step skipped: Ancient Greek phrases
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀλλήλωνallḗlōn‘one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916allelomorph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂el-‘beyond, other’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂élyos‘other, another’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄλλοςállos‘other’next step skipped: Ancient Greek phrases
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀλλήλωνallḗlōn‘one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916allelomorph
Earliest quotation: 1916, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Sex-linked inheritance in Drosophila: “In such cases each member acts as the allelomorph…”
Formed from allelo- ‘other’ + -morph ‘shape’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λλήλων ‘one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally’
English allelo-
The story
Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’
as, all, old, adult, ultimate, el, ultra, element, elder, alter, outrage, altitude, qualification, ou, alumni, altar, alt, ellen, abolish, alpine, adolescent, alias, alto, alum, alienation, retaliate, auld, alienate, alp, proletariat, alimony, ulterior, inalienable, exalt, foetal, althea, aad, coalesce, altimeter, eld, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’
else, alien, alternate, adultery, altercation, alibi, altruism, alternation, 32 more
through Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’
Today it means
noun Synonym of allele.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- / allelomorph