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Where does “immunosorting” come from?

immunosorting (English) comes from English sorting, from English sort, from Middle English sort, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

immunosorting (English): The immunological sorting of proteins, cells etc

Definitions

  1. The immunological sorting of proteins, cells etc

Ancestry of “immunosorting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsortingpresent participle of sort; Ordering;...
2EnglishsortA general type; Manner; form of being or acting;...
3Middle Englishsort—
4Old Frenchsortesort; type
5Italiansortasort, type, kind; feminine singular past...
6Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
7Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latinlegō—
9Latinlēx—
10Proto-Italiclēg-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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