Where does “cytomics” come from?
cytomics (English) comes from English omics, from English -omics, from English -ome, from English -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμᾰ, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
cytomics (English): The study of cytomes
Ancestry of “cytomics”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | omics | Any of several biochemical or genetic subfields... |
| 2 | English | -omics | Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of... |
| 3 | English | -ome | A mass of something; The complete whole of a... |
| 4 | English | -oma | Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ωμᾰ | disease, tumor |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |