Where does “intermitochondrial” come from?

intermitochondrial (English) comes from English mitochondrial, from English mitochondria, from English -a, from English have, from English -s, from English ’s, from English Kingstown, from English town — face; forehead; front.

intermitochondrial (English): Between mitochondria

Definitions

  1. Between mitochondria

Ancestry of “intermitochondrial”, step by step

intermitochondrial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mitochondrial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmitochondrialOf, or relating to mitochondria
2Englishmitochondriaplural of mitochondrion; mitochondrion
3English-aplural of -um; plural of -on; Marks singular...
4EnglishhaveTo possess, own; To hold, as something at...
5English-sUsed to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to...
6English’s
7EnglishKingstownOS grid ref NY3959
8EnglishtownA settlement; an area with residential districts,...
9Middle Englishtountown
10Middle EnglishendeThe end or finishing of a thing; the terminal...
11Old Englishendeend, limit, border, corner
12Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front

via English inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-
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