Etymology

macropinosome

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Today it means: A large vesicle filled with extracellular fluid and formed through macropinocytosis Full definition →

English pinosome ← French macro- ← Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Englishpinosome
  8. English todaymacropinosome

From macro- + pinosome.

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