Etymology

cytoarchitecture

Today it means: The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ Full definition →

English architecture ← French architecture ← Latin architectūra
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  6. Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tétḱō
  10. Proto-Hellenic*téktōn
  11. Ancient Greekτέκτων (téktōn)
  12. Ancient Greekἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)
  13. Latinarchitectus
  14. Latinarchitectūra
  15. Frencharchitecture
  16. Englisharchitecture
  17. English todaycytoarchitecture

From cyto- + architecture.

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