Etymology of the English word codon
the English word
codonusing the English suffix
-onderived from the English word
codederived from the Old French word
codederived from the Latin word
codex (trunk of tree; piece, block of wood)
derived from the Latin word
caudex (trunk of tree; piece, hunk of wood)
derived from the Juridical Latin word
codexDate
The earliest known usage of codon in English dates from the 20th century.
Derivations in English
anticodonDerivations in other languages
French
codon, Italian
codoneUsage
Word found in Modern English
