Where does “capsid” come from?

Capsid derives from French capside, meaning the protein shell of a virus, itself from Latin capsa meaning box or container.

capsid (English): The outer protein shell of a virus

Definitions

  1. The outer protein shell of a virus

Ancestry of “capsid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapsidecapsid
2LatinCapsaGafsa
3Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
4Proto-Italickapiōtake
5Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “capsid”

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