Where does “cytopipette” come from?
cytopipette (English) comes from English pipette, from French pipette, from French pipe, from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan — I pip, peep.
cytopipette (English): A pipette, equipped with a bulb of fluid that may...
Definitions
- A pipette, equipped with a bulb of fluid that may...
Ancestry of “cytopipette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pipette | A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb... |
| 2 | French | pipette | pipette |
| 3 | French | pipe | tobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol |
| 4 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 5 | Middle English | pīpe | — |
| 6 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 7 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 10 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |