English
exonucleotide
From exo- + nucleotide.
Formed from exo- + nucleotide
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’
Proto-Hellenic *eks
Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’
Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’
English exo-
Proto-Italic *knuks ‘nut’
Latin nux ‘nut’
Latin nucleus ‘(small) nut’
English nucleus
English nucleotide
Today it means
noun An exocellular nucleotide
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exonucleotide