Where does “Immunglobulin” come from?
Immunglobulin (German) comes from English globulin, from English globule, from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Immunglobulin (German): immunoglobulin
Definitions
- immunoglobulin
Ancestry of “Immunglobulin”, step by step
Immunglobulin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English globulin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | globulin | Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in... |
| 2 | English | globule | A small round particle of substance; a drop |
| 3 | French | globule | globule; blood cell |
| 4 | Latin | globulus | Diminutive of globus; globule; button |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German immun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | immun | immune |
| 2 | Latin | immūnis | free or exempt from taxes, public service, or penalty (+ ablative) |
| 3 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |