Where does “organellomics” come from?
organellomics (English) comes from English organelle, from English -elle, from French -elle, from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
organellomics (English): The branch of cell biology that studies the structure and function of organelles in an organism
Definitions
- The branch of cell biology that studies the structure and function of organelles in an organism
Ancestry of “organellomics”, step by step
organellomics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English organelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | organelle | A specialized structure found inside cells that... |
| 2 | English | -elle | Used to form feminine proper names |
| 3 | French | -elle | Forming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old French | -ele | diminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English omics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omics | Any of several biochemical or genetic subfields... |
| 2 | English | -omics | Forms nouns meaning “a study of the totality of... |
| 3 | English | -ome | A mass of something; The complete whole of a... |
| 4 | English | -oma | Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ωμᾰ | disease, tumor |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |