Where does “immunohistochemistry” come from?
Immunohistochemistry derives from English histochemistry, which combines English chemistry and English histology, with chemistry from French chimiste, French -iste, and Latin -ista, ultimately traced to Arabic كيمياء meaning the transformation of substances.
immunohistochemistry (English): The analytical process of finding proteins in...
Definitions
- The analytical process of finding proteins in...
Ancestry of “immunohistochemistry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | histochemistry | The branch of histology dealing with the... |
| 2 | English | chemistry | The branch of natural science that deals with the... |
| 3 | English | chemist | A person who specializes in the science of... |
| 4 | French | chimiste | chemist |
| 5 | French | chimie | chemistry |
| 6 | Latin | chimia | Alternative form of chēmia |
| 7 | Latin | alchemia | alchemy |
| 8 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |