Where does “macroglobulinemic” come from?
macroglobulinemic (English) comes from English macroglobulinemia, from English macroglobulin, from English globulin, from English globule, from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
macroglobulinemic (English): Exhibiting or relating to macroglobulinemia
Definitions
- Exhibiting or relating to macroglobulinemia
Ancestry of “macroglobulinemic”, step by step
macroglobulinemic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English macroglobulinemia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | macroglobulinemia | The presence of high levels of macroglobulins in... |
| 2 | English | macroglobulin | A plasma globulin of high molecular weight |
| 3 | English | globulin | Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in... |
| 4 | English | globule | A small round particle of substance; a drop |
| 5 | French | globule | globule; blood cell |
| 6 | Latin | globulus | Diminutive of globus; globule; button |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |