Etymograph

English

infraexpression

From infra- + expression.

Formed from infra- + expression

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’

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Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’

Latin ferō ‘to bear’

Latin īnferō ‘to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in,…’

Latin īnfrā ‘below’

English infra-

Late Latin expressiō ‘a pressing out’

Middle French expression

English expression

Today it means

noun The abnormal expression of a gene in decreased quantity

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

Etymograph / infraexpression