Where does “cytosquelette” come from?

cytosquelette (French) comes from French squelette, from Greek σκελετός, from Ancient Greek σκελετός, from Ancient Greek σκελλώ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- — to parch, wither.

cytosquelette (French): cytoskeleton

Definitions

  1. cytoskeleton

Ancestry of “cytosquelette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsqueletteskeleton
2Greekσκελετόςskeleton; bicycle frame
3Ancient Greekσκελετόςdried up, withered; dried body, mummy; skeleton
4Ancient Greekσκελλώto dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch; dry, dry...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁-Every word from Ancient Greek σκελλώEvery word from Ancient Greek σκελετός