English

haploblock

From haplo- + block.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Ancient Greek ἁπλόος ‘single, simple’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‘thick plank’

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Old Dutch *blok ‘log’

Middle Dutch blok ‘treetrunk’

Old French bloc ‘log’

Middle English blok ‘log’

English block

Today it means

noun A block of haplotypes that are rearranged during meiosis

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / haploblock