Where does “fagocitoză” come from?

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

fagocitoză (Romanian): phagocytosis

Definitions

  1. phagocytosis

Ancestry of “fagocitoză”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphagocytoseTo phagocytize; to ingest by phagocytosis
2EnglishphagocytosisA form of endocytosis in which a cell...
3EnglishphagocyteA cell of the immune system, such as a...
4Frenchphagocyterto phagocytize; to swallow up
5French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
6Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
7Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from Middle French -er