Where does “microvacuole” come from?
microvacuole (English) comes from English vacuole, from French vacuole, from Latin vacula, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
microvacuole (English): A very small vacuole
Definitions
- A very small vacuole
Ancestry of “microvacuole”, step by step
microvacuole traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vacuole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vacuole | A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's... |
| 2 | French | vacuole | vacuole |
| 3 | Latin | vacula | — |
| 4 | Latin | vacuus | empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,... |
| 5 | Latin | -uus | forms adjectives on verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-wos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |