English

heteroduplex

From hetero- + duplex.

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

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Latin duplex ‘double, two-fold’

Today it means

noun A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule

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

Etymograph / heteroduplex