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Where does “suborganelle” come from?

suborganelle (English) comes from English organelle, from English -elle, from French -elle, from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

suborganelle (English): A substructure of an organelle

Definitions

  1. A substructure of an organelle

Ancestry of “suborganelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorganelleA specialized structure found inside cells that...
2English-elleUsed to form feminine proper names
3French-elleForming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive...
4Old French-elediminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns
5Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “suborganelle”

  • suborganellar
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