Where does “antibody” come from?
Antibody comes from English anti- plus body, with anti- from Ancient Greek ἀντί meaning against, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti.
antibody (English): A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to...
Definitions
- A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to...
Ancestry of “antibody”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Antikörper | antibody |
| 2 | German | körper | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | körper | — |
| 4 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |
Words derived from “antibody”