Where does “ribosome” come from?

Ribosome comes from English -some, from English some, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-, from Old English sum, from Proto-Indo-European sem-, meaning a unifying or collective element.

ribosome (English): A small organelle found in all cells; involved in...

Definitions

  1. A small organelle found in all cells; involved in...

Ancestry of “ribosome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “ribosome”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →