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Where does “mitoribosomal” come from?

mitoribosomal (English) comes from English mitoribosome, from English ribosome, 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.

mitoribosomal (English): Relating to mitoribosomes

Definitions

  1. Relating to mitoribosomes

Ancestry of “mitoribosomal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmitoribosomeA mitochondrial ribosome
2EnglishribosomeA small organelle found in all cells; involved in...
3EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
4Middle Englishsomsome
5Old Englishsumsome
6Proto-West Germanic*sum—
7Proto-Germanicsumazsome , a certain; some, certain
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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