Where does “granulocyte” come from?
Granulocyte derives from English granule and the Ancient Greek κύτος (kytos, "cell"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm and ǵerh₂- meaning "to rub" or "wear away."
granulocyte (English): Any of various blood cells that have granules in...
Definitions
- Any of various blood cells that have granules in...
Ancestry of “granulocyte”, step by step
granulocyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ‐o‐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 2 | English | -prim | Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as |
| 3 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 4 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 5 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 6 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 7 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 8 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English granule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | granule | A tiny grain, a small particle; A small structure... |
| 2 | French | granule | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | grānulum | granule (small grain) |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |