diploidy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English diploid

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ieder.

Middle English -ie

Middle English -y

English -y

English diploidy

From diploid + -y.

Noun

diploidy (countable and uncountable, plural diploidies)

1. (uncountable, genetics) The state of being diploid, having two sets of chromosomes.
2. (countable, genetics) An instance of being diploid.

Derived terms

• autodiploidy
• hyperdiploidy
• hypodiploidy
• merodiploidy
• pseudodiploidy

Translations

state of being diploid

• Catalan: diploïdia f
• French: diploïdie (fr) f
• German: Diploidie (de) f
• Hungarian: diploidia
• Romanian: diploidie (ro) f
• Spanish: diploidía (es) f