Where does “coverslip” come from?
Coverslip comes from English cover and English slip, with cover from Middle Dutch slippe, Old French covrir, and Latin cooperīre meaning "to cover over," and slip from Old English slǣpan.
coverslip (English): A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted...
Definitions
- A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted...
Ancestry of “coverslip”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cover | A lid; Area or situation which screens a person... |
| 2 | Middle English | coveren | to recover |
| 3 | Old French | covrir | to cover |
| 4 | Latin | cooperiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “coverslip”