English
epistasis
Epistasis comes from Ancient Greek ἐπίστασις ‘stopping’, and goes back to ἐφίστημι ‘stop’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐφίστημιephístēmi‘stop’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίστασιςepístasis‘stopping’
- Englishtodayepistasis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐφίστημιephístēmi‘stop’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίστασιςepístasis‘stopping’
- Englishtodayepistasis
The story
The use in genetics was coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1909 in his book Mendel's Principles of Heredity.
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐφίστημι
Today it means
noun The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐφίστημι / epistasis