Etymology

cyto-

Today it means: cell. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κύτος
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromκύτος
  2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromκύτος
  3. English todaycyto-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “container, receptacle”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκύτος all →

cytosine-cytecytodecytulamastocyteverocytotoxin

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