Where does “metaboreceptor” come from?
metaboreceptor (English) comes from English receptor, from Old French receptour, from Latin receptorius, from Latin recipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
metaboreceptor (English): A type of chemoreceptor, found in skeletal...
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- A type of chemoreceptor, found in skeletal...
Ancestry of “metaboreceptor”, step by step
metaboreceptor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English receptor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receptor | A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific... |
| 2 | Old French | receptour | — |
| 3 | Latin | receptorius | — |
| 4 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via English metabolic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metabolic | Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μεταβολικός | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μεταβολή | change, mutation, transformation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μετά | in the midst of, among, between, with; in common,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |