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Where does “mitosome” come from?

mitosome (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.

mitosome (English): An organelle found within certain unicellular...

Definitions

  1. An organelle found within certain unicellular...

Ancestry of “mitosome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-someCharacterized by some specific condition or...
2Middle English-som—
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sum—
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome , a certain; some, certain
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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