Where does “one-celled” come from?
one-celled (English) comes from English celled, from English cell, from English cell phone, from English cellular phone, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
one-celled (English): Single-celled, unicellular
Definitions
- Single-celled, unicellular
Ancestry of “one-celled”, step by step
one-celled traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English celled
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | celled | Containing cells; cellular; Containing a specific... |
| 2 | English | cell | A single-room dwelling for a hermit; A small... |
| 3 | English | cell phone | A portable, wireless telephone, which changes... |
| 4 | English | cellular phone | A mobile phone using cellular technology; A... |
| 5 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 6 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 7 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 8 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English One
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 2 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 3 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |