Where does “prickle cell” come from?
prickle cell (English) comes from English cell, from English cell phone, from English cellular phone, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε — whale, sea monster; abyss.
prickle cell (English): a polyhedral cell in the epidermis having many spines that form intercellular bridges
Definitions
- a polyhedral cell in the epidermis having many spines that form intercellular bridges
Ancestry of “prickle cell”, step by step
prickle cell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cell | A single-room dwelling for a hermit; A small... |
| 2 | English | cell phone | A portable, wireless telephone, which changes... |
| 3 | English | cellular phone | A mobile phone using cellular technology; A... |
| 4 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 5 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 6 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 7 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 18 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English prickle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prickle | A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn; A... |