Where does “oligodendritic” come from?
oligodendritic (English) comes from English dendritic, from French dendritique, from French dendrite, from Ancient Greek δενδρίτης, from Ancient Greek δένδρον, from Latin Cygnus, from Ancient Greek Κύκνος, from Latin olor — wild; wild animal.
oligodendritic (English): Having a few dendrites
Definitions
- Having a few dendrites
Ancestry of “oligodendritic”, step by step
oligodendritic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dendritic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dendritic | Having a branching structure similar to a tree;... |
| 2 | French | dendritique | dendritic |
| 3 | French | dendrite | dendrite |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δενδρίτης | of or pertaining to a tree |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δένδρον | tree |
| 6 | Latin | Cygnus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Κύκνος | any individual named Cycnus |
| 8 | Latin | olor | swan; A smell |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Τιτάν | Titan |
| 10 | Translingual | -therium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | θηρίον | wild animal, beast, savage beast; a small animal,... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | θήρ | a wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion;... |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | kʷʰḗr | wild beast |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwer- | wild; wild animal |
via English oligo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oligo | An oligonucleotide |
| 2 | English | oligonucleotide | A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs |
| 3 | English | nucleotide | The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer... |
| 4 | English | nucleo- | Forming words pertaining to nuclei |
| 5 | Latin | nū̆cleus | (small) nut |
| 6 | Latin | nuculea | pertaining to a small nut |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |