Where does “microglial” come from?
Microglial derives from English glia, from English aldehyde, from Proto-Indo-European gley-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning to congeal or freeze.
microglial (English): Of or pertaining to microglia
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to microglia
Ancestry of “microglial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glial | Of or pertaining to glia |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |