Where does “mielocit” come from?

mielocit (Romanian) comes from French myélocyte, from French -cyte, from Latin cyta, from Ancient Greek κύτος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

mielocit (Romanian): myelocyte

Definitions

  1. myelocyte

Ancestry of “mielocit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmyélocytemyelocyte
2French-cytecyte
3Latincyta—
4Ancient Greekκύτοςa hollow; any vessel; e.g. a jar, an urn, a vase,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Ancient Greek κύτος →Every word from French -cyte →