Where does “cytokinesis” come from?
Cytokinesis comes from Ancient Greek κύτος (kýtos, cell) and κινέω (kinéō, to move), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-.
cytokinesis (English): The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell...
Definitions
- The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell...
Ancestry of “cytokinesis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | kinesis | the movement of an organism in response to an... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κίνησις | motion; dance; political movement, revolt |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “cytokinesis”