Where does “cytosol” come from?
Cytosol comes from Ancient Greek κύτος, meaning cell, combined with Latin sol, meaning sun or liquid.
cytosol (English): The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm,...
Definitions
- The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm,...
Ancestry of “cytosol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Sol | The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth |
| 2 | Old French | sol | alone; sol; Old French coin |
| 3 | Latin | solidum | solid |
| 4 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
Words derived from “cytosol”