Where does “cytokine” come from?
Cyto- comes from Ancient Greek κύτος, a descendant of Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-.
cytokine (English): Any of various small regulatory proteins that...
Definitions
- Any of various small regulatory proteins that...
Ancestry of “cytokine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -kine | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κινέω | to set in motion, move, remove; to inflect; to... |
| 3 | Latin | cilium | eyelid; eyelash |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *keljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel-yo-m | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
Words derived from “cytokine”