Etymology

immunogold

I1M3M3U1N1O1G2O1L1D2

Today it means: A particle of gold that is used to label an antibody or protein in immunogold electron microscopy. Full definition →

English gold ← Middle English gold ← Old English gold
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-m
  16. Proto-Germanic*gulþą
  17. Proto-West Germanic*golþ
  18. Old Englishgold
  19. Middle Englishgold
  20. Englishgold
  21. English todayimmunogold

From immuno- + gold.

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