Where does “extracellular” come from?
Extracellular comes from English cellular and Latin extra, meaning "outside," combined with Latin exter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰs.
extracellular (English): Occurring or found outside of a cell
Definitions
- Occurring or found outside of a cell
Ancestry of “extracellular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cellular | Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a... |
| 2 | Latin | cellularis | cellular |
| 3 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “extracellular”