English
haplotype
From haplo- + -type.
Formed from haplo + type
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push’
Ancient Greek τύπτω ‘to strike’
Ancient Greek τύπος ‘mark’
Latin typus
Middle English type ‘symbol’
English type
Today it means
noun A haploid genotype: a group of alleles that are transmitted together.
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Etymograph / haplotype