Where does “cryoartifact” come from?
cryoartifact (English) comes from English artifact, from Italian artefatto, from Vulgar Latin *artefactum.
cryoartifact (English): An artifact produced by the freezing process of preparing a biological sample for microscopy
Definitions
- An artifact produced by the freezing process of preparing a biological sample for microscopy
Ancestry of “cryoartifact”, step by step
cryoartifact traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English artifact
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | artifact | An object made or shaped by human hand or labor;... |
| 2 | Italian | artefatto | artificial; adulterated; past participle of... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *artefactum | — |
via English cryo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cryo | cryoprecipitate |