Where does “osmoreceptor” come from?
osmoreceptor (English) comes from French osmorécepteur, from French récepteur, from Latin receptiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
osmoreceptor (English): A sensory receptor, primarily found in the...
Definitions
- A sensory receptor, primarily found in the...
Ancestry of “osmoreceptor”, step by step
osmoreceptor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French osmorécepteur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | osmorécepteur | osmoreceptor |
| 2 | French | récepteur | receiver |
| 3 | Latin | receptiō | The act of receiving, reception |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English receptor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | receptor | A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific... |
| 2 | Old French | receptour | — |
| 3 | Latin | receptorius | — |
| 4 | Latin | recipiō | to take back, (i.e., regain possession of something) |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |