Etymograph

English

intergenic

From inter- + genic.

A compound of inter- + genic

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

Today it means

adj Describing the noncoding sections of nucleic acid between genes

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Etymograph / intergenic