English
pyrosequencepyrosequence
From pyro- + sequence.
Formed from pyro- + sequence
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
Latin pyr
English pyro-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Latin sequēns ‘following’
Late Latin sequentia ‘a following’
Old French sequence ‘a sequence of cards, answering verses’
Middle English sequence
English sequence
Today it means
verb To produce by pyrosequencing.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pyrosequence”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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