Where does “nucleocapside” come from?

nucleocapside (Italian) comes from Italian capside, from English capsid, from French capside, from Latin Capsa, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

nucleocapside (Italian): nucleocapsid

Definitions

  1. nucleocapsid

Ancestry of “nucleocapside”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapsidecapsid
2EnglishcapsidThe outer protein shell of a virus
3Frenchcapsidecapsid
4LatinCapsaGafsa
5Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
6Proto-Italickapiōtake
7Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō