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Where does “somite” come from?

Somite derives from English soma, from Ancient Greek σῶμα meaning body, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, a suffix forming abstract nouns.

somite (English): One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed...

Definitions

  1. One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed...

Ancestry of “somite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
2French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
3Latin-īta—
4Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
5Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
6Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
7Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “somite”

  • somitogenesis
  • somitic
  • presomitic
  • intersomitic
  • somital
  • protosomite
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