Where does “protochloroplast” come from?
protochloroplast (English) comes from English chloroplast, from English chloro, from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
protochloroplast (English): The precursor to chloroplasts
Definitions
- The precursor to chloroplasts
Ancestry of “protochloroplast”, step by step
protochloroplast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chloroplast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chloroplast | An organelle found in the cells of green plants,... |
| 2 | English | chloro | — |
| 3 | English | genic | of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |