Where does “hemivacuole” come from?

hemivacuole (English) comes from English vacuole, from French vacuole, from Latin vacula, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

hemivacuole (English): A space in the apical side of an osteoclast where bone reabsorption takes place

Definitions

  1. A space in the apical side of an osteoclast where bone reabsorption takes place

Ancestry of “hemivacuole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvacuoleA large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's...
2Frenchvacuolevacuole
3Latinvacula—
4Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
5Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
6Proto-Italic*-wos—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin vacuus →