prepotency

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. countable,uncountable
  2. The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring. countable,uncountable

词形变化

prepotencies plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English potency
English prepotency
From pre- + potency.
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