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Where does “eritrocito” come from?

eritrocito (Italian) comes from Italian cito, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

eritrocito (Italian): erythrocyte, red blood cell

Definitions

  1. erythrocyte, red blood cell

Ancestry of “eritrocito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancitosoon; at once; first-person singular present of...
2Latincitō—
3Latin-tō—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “eritrocito”

  • eritrocitico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →