Where does “melanotubule” come from?
melanotubule (English) comes from English tubule, from Latin tubulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
melanotubule (English): A tubule, formed from thickened melanofilaments,...
Definitions
- A tubule, formed from thickened melanofilaments,...
Ancestry of “melanotubule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tubule | A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube |
| 2 | Latin | tubulus | small pipe or tube |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |