Where does “exorhodopsin” come from?

exorhodopsin (English) comes from English extra-ocular, from English extraocular, from English extra, from English extraordinary, from Latin extraordinārius, from Latin ōrdinem, from Middle Low German orden, from Latin ōrdināre — to arrange.

exorhodopsin (English): A form of rhodopsin expressed in the zebrafish...

Definitions

  1. A form of rhodopsin expressed in the zebrafish...

Ancestry of “exorhodopsin”, step by step

exorhodopsin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English extra-ocular

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishextra-ocularAlternative spelling of extraocular
2EnglishextraocularSituated outside of or away from the eyes
3EnglishextraBeyond what is due, usual, expected, or...
4EnglishextraordinaryNot ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably...
5Latinextraordināriusextraordinary
6Latinōrdinem
7Middle Low Germanorden
8Latinōrdināre
9Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
10Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

via English rhodopsin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrhodopsinA light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the...
2Ancient Greekὄψιςview
3Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
4Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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