morgan

See also: Morgan

English

Etymology

Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

morgan (plural morgans)

(medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

Derived terms

centimorgan

Anagrams

Garmon, Gorman, garmon, mongra

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to flicker”). Compare Old Saxon morgan, Old English morġen, Old Norse morginn, morgunn, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins).

Noun

morgan m

morning

Descendants

Middle High German: morgen
- Alemannic German: moorn, moore, moore
  Alsatian: Müggen
  
  Swabian: Morga, Moriga
  
  Walser: morge
- Bavarian: Morgen, Muagn, Muang
  Cimbrian: mòrng, morgan, mòrgont
  
  Mòcheno: morng
- German: Morgen
  - → English: morgen
- Luxembourgish: Mueren, Moien
- Rhine Franconian:
  Hessian: Mojje
- Yiddish: מאָרגן‎ (morgn)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to flicker”). Compare Old English morġen, Old High German morgan, Old Norse morginn, morgunn, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins).

Noun

morgan m

morning

Descendants

Low German: Morgen

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