Etymology

cytoimmunofluorescence

Today it means: immunofluorescence from individual cells Full definition →

English immunofluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  5. Proto-Italic*moinos
  6. Latinmūnus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*né
  8. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  9. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Latinin- -is
  12. Latinimmūnis
  13. Middle Frenchimmun
  14. Englishimmune
  15. Englishimmuno-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  19. Latinfluō
  20. Latinfluor
  21. Englishfluor
  22. Englishfluorite
  23. Middle Low Germanspar
  24. Old Englishspærstān
  25. Middle Englishsparston
  26. Englishsparstonebf.
  27. Englishspar
  28. Englishfluorspar
  29. Englishfluorescence
  30. Englishimmunofluorescence
  31. English todaycytoimmunofluorescence

From cyto- + immunofluorescence.

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