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haplogroup

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A group of closely related haplotypes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- Proto-Indo-European *grewbh-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group English haplogroup From haplo- + group.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 單倍群 /单倍群 (dānbèiqún) — group of haplotypes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單體群 /单体群 (dāntǐqún) — group of haplotypes
  • Czech: haploskupina — group of haplotypes
  • Dutch: haplogroep — group of haplotypes
  • Finnish: haploryhmä — group of haplotypes
  • French: haplogroupe — group of haplotypes
  • German: Haplogruppe — group of haplotypes
  • Greek: απλοομάδα (aploomáda) — group of haplotypes
  • Italian: halpogruppo — group of haplotypes
  • Japanese: ハプログループ (hapurogurūpu) — group of haplotypes
  • Korean: 하플로그룹 (hapeullogeurup) — group of haplotypes
  • Polish: haplogrupa — group of haplotypes
  • Portuguese: haplogrupo — group of haplotypes
  • Russian: гаплогру́ппа (gaplogrúppa) — group of haplotypes
  • Spanish: haplogrupo — group of haplotypes