Etymology

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Today it means: To enclose within a cyst. Full definition →

English cyst ← Late Latin cystis ← Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
  11. Ancient Greekκῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)?
  12. Ancient Greekκύστις (kústis)
  13. Late Latincystis
  14. Englishcyst
  15. English todayencyst

From en- + cyst.

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