English
heptanucleotide
From hepta- + nucleotide.
Formed from hepta- + nucleotide
Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’
Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’
Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’
English hepta-
Proto-Italic *knuks ‘nut’
Latin nux ‘nut’
Latin nucleus ‘(small) nut’
English nucleus
English nucleotide
Today it means
noun A codon containing seven nucleotides.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heptanucleotide