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Where does “immunoprecipitating” come from?

immunoprecipitating (English) comes from English precipitating, from English precipitate, from Latin praecipitatus, from Latin praecipitō, from Latin praeceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.

immunoprecipitating (English): That facilitates or undergoes immunoprecipitation

Definitions

  1. That facilitates or undergoes immunoprecipitation

Ancestry of “immunoprecipitating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishprecipitatingpresent participle of precipitate
2EnglishprecipitateTo make something happen suddenly and quickly; To...
3Latinpraecipitatuscast down; thrown headlong
4Latinpraecipitō—
5Latinpraecepshead first, headlong; steep, precipitous; hasty,...
6Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
7Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
8Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
9Proto-Italickaputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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