Where does “pericapside” come from?

pericapside (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,...

pericapside (Italian): pericapsid, viral envelope

Definitions

  1. pericapsid, viral envelope

Ancestry of “pericapside”, 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-
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