Where does “interphagocyte” come from?
interphagocyte (English) comes from English inter, from Middle English enteren, from French entrer, from Middle French entrer, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra, from Latin interus — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
interphagocyte (English): Between phagocytes
Definitions
- Between phagocytes
Ancestry of “interphagocyte”, step by step
interphagocyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
via English phagocyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phagocyte | A cell of the immune system, such as a... |
| 2 | French | phagocyter | to phagocytize; to swallow up |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |