Etymology

autophagosome

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Today it means: A phagosome in which part of a cell's own cytoplasm is digested Full definition →

English phagosome ← Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma) ← Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Englishphago-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*twoH-mn̥
  13. Proto-Hellenic*twṓmə?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*styeH-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tyoH-mn̥
  16. Proto-Hellenic*styṓmə?
  17. Ancient Greekσῶμα (sôma)
  18. Englishphagosome
  19. English todayautophagosome

From auto- + phagosome.

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