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Where does “leucoplastid” come from?

leucoplastid (English) comes from English plastid, from German plastid, from Ancient Greek πλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

leucoplastid (English): A kind of unpigmented plastid involved in a wide...

Definitions

  1. A kind of unpigmented plastid involved in a wide...

Ancestry of “leucoplastid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplastidAny of various organelles found in the cells of...
2Germanplastid—
3Ancient Greekπλαστόςmolded, formed; formed, moulded; artificial;...
4Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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