Where does “merozoite” come from?
merozoite (English) comes from English -zoite, from English sporozoite, from Translingual Sporozoa, from Translingual -zoa, from Ancient Greek ζῷον, from Proto-Hellenic ďṓyyon, from Proto-Hellenic gʷyōwyon, from Proto-Indo-European gʷyeh₃w-y-om — to live.
merozoite (English): A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by...
Definitions
- A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by...
Ancestry of “merozoite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -zoite | — |
| 2 | English | sporozoite | Any of the minute active bodies into which a... |
| 3 | Translingual | Sporozoa | the sporozoans |
| 4 | Translingual | -zoa | animals |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ζῷον | animal, beast; form, image |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ďṓyyon | animal, creature, beast |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷyōwyon | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷyeh₃w-y-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |