English
telophase
Telophase comes from Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂nyétireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφᾰ(ν)-
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφάσιςphásis
- New Latinmodernphasis
- Englishearliest quotation 1901telophase
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂nyétireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφᾰ(ν)-
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφάσιςphásis
- New Latinmodernphasis
- Englishearliest quotation 1901telophase
Earliest quotation: 1901, Edward. G. Conklin, The individuality of the germ nuclei during the cleavage of : “This separateness is most easily observed in the telophase…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
phone, focus, professor, famous, ben, favor, ban, fuel, favourite, fame, photographer, fate, profession, fatal, bee, fairy, abandon, infant, fabulous, confession, confess, beacon, beck, symphony, boon, eff, fab, fay, bane, fable, foyer, banish, buoy, nefarious, profess, bene, prophetic, banal, infamy, beek, 116 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
fancy, fantasy, phenomenon, emphasis, phantom, epiphany, fantasia, phenomenally, phenomenology, phenol, phenom, tryptophan, phantasm, 42 more
Today it means
noun The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / telophase