Where does “mitochondria” come from?
Mitochondria comes from English mitochondrion, from Latin mitochondrion, from Proto-Indo-European mey- meaning to change or move, combined with Latin -chondrion meaning grain.
mitochondria (English): plural of mitochondrion; mitochondrion
Definitions
- plural of mitochondrion; mitochondrion
Ancestry of “mitochondria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -a | plural of -um; plural of -on; Marks singular... |
| 2 | English | have | To possess, own; To hold, as something at... |
| 3 | English | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to... |
| 4 | English | ’s | — |
| 5 | English | Kingstown | OS grid ref NY3959 |
| 6 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 7 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 8 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 9 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
Words derived from “mitochondria”
- mitochondrial
- mitochondrially
- intramitochondrial
- antimitochondrial
- submitochondrial
- amitochondriate
- extramitochondrial
- nonmitochondrial
- transmitochondrial
- postmitochondrial
- mitochondriate
- mitotracker
- mitokondria
- ميتوكندريا
- ไมโทคอนเดรีย
- mitophagy
- amitochondrial
- intermitochondrial
- perimitochondrial
- protomitochondrial
- xenomitochondrial
- extramitochondrially
- transmitophagy