Where does “axon” come from?
axon (Hungarian) comes from Latin axōn, from Ancient Greek ἄξων, from English -phyte, from Ancient Greek φυτόν, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
axon (Hungarian): axon a nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse
Definitions
- axon a nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse
Ancestry of “axon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | axōn | a line on a sundial or its axis |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄξων | an axle; an axis; the axis of the celestial... |
| 3 | English | -phyte | A taxonomic group of plants or algae, e.g.... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυτόν | plant, tree; creature; child, descendant |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |