Etymograph

English

heteroallele

From hetero- + allele.

A compound of hetero- + allele

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

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

English hetero-

Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων ‘each other’

English allelomorph

German Allel

English allele

Today it means

noun Any of several alternative forms of a gene that differ at different mutation sites.

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

Etymograph / heteroallele