Where does “fagocit” come from?

fagocit (Romanian) comes from French phagocyte, from French phagocyter, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

fagocit (Romanian): phagocyte

Definitions

  1. phagocyte

Ancestry of “fagocit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchphagocytefirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchphagocyterto phagocytize; to swallow up
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from Middle French -er
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