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Where does “metaprotocell” come from?

metaprotocell (English) comes from English protocell, from English cell, from English cell phone, from English cellular phone, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

metaprotocell (English): A proposed protocell that could use sunlight to...

Definitions

  1. A proposed protocell that could use sunlight to...

Ancestry of “metaprotocell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprotocellA self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical...
2EnglishcellA single-room dwelling for a hermit; A small...
3Englishcell phoneA portable, wireless telephone, which changes...
4Englishcellular phoneA mobile phone using cellular technology; A...
5EnglishphoneA device for transmitting conversations and other...
6EnglishtelephoneA telecommunication device used for two-way...
7Frenchtéléphonetelephone; first-person singular present...
8Frenchtélé-tele-
9Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
10Latincommūnicāre—
11Latincommūnis—
12Old Latincom(m)oinis—
13Proto-Italickommoinis—
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt—
18Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
Every word from Middle Dutch kitte →