Where does “vesicle” come from?
Vesicle comes from Middle French vesicule, from Latin vesicula, diminutive of Latin vesica meaning bladder, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri-.
vesicle (English): A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell; A...
Definitions
- A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell; A...
Ancestry of “vesicle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | vesicule | — |
| 2 | Latin | vēsīcula | little bladder |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |