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Where does “leukosequestration” come from?

leukosequestration (English) comes from English sequestration, from Middle French sequestration, from Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō, from Latin sequester, from Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor — to follow; to see; to say.

leukosequestration (English): sequestration of leukocytes

Definitions

  1. sequestration of leukocytes

Ancestry of “leukosequestration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsequestrationThe process or act of sequestering; a putting...
2Middle Frenchsequestration—
3Latinsequestrātiō—
4Latinsequestrō—
5Latinsequestermediating; mediator, depositary; mediator,...
6Latinsequī—
7Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
8Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
9Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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