Etymology

cardiomyocyte

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Today it means: A cardiac muscle cell (or myocyte) in the heart. Full definition →

English myocyte ← Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía) ← Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  5. Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  6. Englishcardio-
  7. Englishmyocyte
  8. English todaycardiomyocyte

From cardio- + myocyte.

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