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Where does “immunopellet” come from?

immunopellet (English) comes from English pellet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilotta, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.

immunopellet (English): A pellet formed by immunoprecipitation

Definitions

  1. A pellet formed by immunoprecipitation

Ancestry of “immunopellet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpelletA small, compressed, hard chunk of matter; A lead...
2Old Frenchpelotesmall ball
3Vulgar Latinpilotta—
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlus—
6Latinpīlum—
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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