Talk:Monoclonality

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Etymology, word history

In Greek, the word "monoclone" (μονόκλωνος), referring to a "man without relatives, alone", appears in a manuscript (epistle) of the 2nd part of 17th century. The author is Παρθένιος Χαιρέτης (Parthenios Chaeretis), a literary man from Crete. Source: Αγαμέμνων Τσελίκας, "Παρθένιος Χαιρέτης, ένας αγνοημένος Κρητικός λόγιος στη Σίφνο (17ος αι.)", Τεύχη, 1986, vol. 1, p. 9/29, 10th line from the top., in Greek. (Agamemnon Tselikas, "Parthenios Chaeretis, an overlooked Cretan scholar in Sifnos (17th c.), Teuche, v. 1, p. [9]29).

I don't know if this is the first use ever. I suppose this is "original research", isn't it?--Skylax30 (talk) 14:18, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]