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Where does “mesosomal” come from?

mesosomal (English) comes from English mesosome, from English meso-, from Ancient Greek μέσος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

mesosomal (English): Relating to the bacterial mesosome

Definitions

  1. Relating to the bacterial mesosome

Ancestry of “mesosomal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmesosomeA folded invagination in the plasma membrane of...
2Englishmeso-middle; intermediate; Designating an achiral...
3Ancient Greekμέσοςmiddle of, between, amidst; half; of middle...
4Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
5Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
6Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
8Proto-Indo-European-ess—
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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