Where does “cellulose” come from?
Cellulose comes from French cellulose, a term coined for the plant cell-wall material that forms the basis of plant structure and fibers.
cellulose (English): A complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
Definitions
- A complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
Ancestry of “cellulose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 2 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 3 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |