Where does “fluoroimmunoprecipitation” come from?

fluoroimmunoprecipitation (English) comes from English immunoprecipitation, from English immunoprecipitate, from English precipitate, from Latin praecipitatus, from Latin praecipitō, from Latin praeceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes — to seize, hold.

fluoroimmunoprecipitation (English): A laboratory technique in which fluorescently labeled antibodies are used to bind and isolate a specific antigen (usually a protein) from a mixture, allowing its capture and subsequent detection or analysis

Definitions

  1. A laboratory technique in which fluorescently labeled antibodies are used to bind and isolate a specific antigen (usually a protein) from a mixture, allowing its capture and subsequent detection or analysis

Ancestry of “fluoroimmunoprecipitation”, step by step

fluoroimmunoprecipitation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English immunoprecipitation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimmunoprecipitationA technique in which an antigen is precipitated...
2EnglishimmunoprecipitateA protein precipitated during...
3EnglishprecipitateTo make something happen suddenly and quickly; To...
4Latinpraecipitatuscast down; thrown headlong
5Latinpraecipitōto cast down; to throw headlong
6Latinpraecepshead first, headlong; steep, precipitous; hasty,...
7Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
8Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
9Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
10Proto-Italickaputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
12Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via English fluoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfluoroA fluorescent light; Of a fluorescent colour
2English-oA colloquializing suffix; A type of person; Can...
3EnglishOA blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may...
4Middle EnglishO
5Old Englishoever, always
6LatinoThe name of the letter "O"; o!; oh!
7Etruscan𐌏
8Ancient GreekοLower-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
9Phoenician𐤏ayin; ʿayin
10Egyptian𓁹
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput