Etymograph

English

homozygosis

From homo- + zygosis.

Formed from homo- + zygosis

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Today it means

noun zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele

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

Etymograph / homozygosis