Where does “microexovesicle” come from?
microexovesicle (English) comes from English exovesicle, from English vesicle, from Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
microexovesicle (English): A very small exovesicle
Definitions
- A very small exovesicle
Ancestry of “microexovesicle”, step by step
microexovesicle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exovesicle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exovesicle | An exocellular vesicle |
| 2 | English | vesicle | A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell; A... |
| 3 | Middle French | vesicule | — |
| 4 | Latin | vēsīcula | little bladder |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |