Where does “metamyelocyte” come from?

metamyelocyte (English) comes from English meta, from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

metamyelocyte (English): A cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a...

Definitions

  1. A cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a...

Ancestry of “metamyelocyte”, step by step

metamyelocyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English meta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetaSelf-referential; structured analogously, but at...
2Latinmētacone, pyramid
3Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
4Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
5Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via English myelocyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmyelocytea large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes...
2EnglishcyteSynonym of cell; Obsolete form of city
3Ancient Greekκῠ́τοςhollow”, “vessel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →