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Where does “phagocyte” come from?

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

phagocyte (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “phagocyte”, step by step

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

Words derived from “phagocyte”

  • phagocyter
  • phagocytage
  • phagocyte
  • phagocytaire
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