Where does “fluorocytometry” come from?
fluorocytometry (English) comes from English fluoro, from English -o, from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan 𐌏, from Ancient Greek ο.
fluorocytometry (English): fluorescence cytometry
Definitions
- fluorescence cytometry
Ancestry of “fluorocytometry”, step by step
fluorocytometry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluoro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluoro | A fluorescent light; Of a fluorescent colour |
| 2 | English | -o | A colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can... |
| 3 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 4 | Middle English | O | — |
| 5 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 6 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |
via English cytometry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cytometry | The measurement or the counting and... |
| 2 | English | -metry | Forming nouns relating to measures and... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |