Etymograph

English

haplolethal

From haplo- + lethal.

Formed from haplo- + lethal

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

Ancient Greek ἁπλόος ‘single, simple’

English haplo-

Latin lētum ‘death’

Latin lētālis ‘deadly, mortal, fatal’

English lethal

Today it means

adj lethal if haploid

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

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