Where does “മൈറ്റോസിസ്” come from?

മൈറ്റോസിസ് (Malayalam) comes from English mitosis, from German Mitose, from Ancient Greek μίτος, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

മൈറ്റോസിസ് (Malayalam): mitosis

Definitions

  1. mitosis

Ancestry of “മൈറ്റോസിസ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmitosisThe division of a cell nucleus in which the...
2GermanMitosemitosis
3Ancient Greekμίτοςthread of the warp; thread of destiny; string of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Ancient Greek μίτος →Every word from German Mitose →