Etymograph

English

homoallele

From homo- + allele.

Formed from homo- + allele

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

Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων ‘each other’

English allelomorph

German Allel

English allele

Today it means

noun Any of several alternative forms of a particular gene

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

Etymograph / homoallele