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Where does “microsome” come from?

microsome (English) comes from English some, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

microsome (English): A vesicle formed as an artifact of cell...

Definitions

  1. A vesicle formed as an artifact of cell...

Ancestry of “microsome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sum—
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome , a certain; some, certain
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “microsome”

  • microsomal
  • nonmicrosomal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →