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Where does “antimicrotubular” come from?

antimicrotubular (English) comes from English microtubule, from English tubule, from Latin tubulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

antimicrotubular (English): antimicrotubule

Definitions

  1. antimicrotubule

Ancestry of “antimicrotubular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicrotubuleA small tube made of protein and found in cells;...
2EnglishtubuleA small pipe or fistular body; a little tube
3Latintubulussmall pipe or tube
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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