English

geneset

From gene + set.

A compound of gene + set

Ancient Greek γενεά ‘generation, descent’

German Gen

English gene

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

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Proto-Germanic *satjaną ‘to set’

Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set’

Old English settan ‘to set’

Middle English setten ‘to seat’

English set

Today it means

noun A set of genes (with a specified function)

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