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Where does “phagocytaire” come from?

phagocytaire (French) comes from French phagocyte, from French phagocyter, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

phagocytaire (French): phagocytic

Definitions

  1. phagocytic

Ancestry of “phagocytaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchphagocytefirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchphagocyterto phagocytize; to swallow up
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
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