WICTIONARY
genome
gene
From German Gen,
coined by Wilhelm
Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation,
descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I
come into being”).
ONLINE
ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- "sum total of genes in a set," 1930, modeled on Ger. genom, coined 1920 by German botanist Hans Winkler, from gen "gene" + (chromos)om "chromosome."
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