mastocyte

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύτος“cell”
2. German · derived fromMastzelle f
3. English todaymastocyte

From German Mastzelle f, "feeding cell," coined in 1878 by immunologist Paul Ehrlich; "Mast" + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “cell”). Not a cognate with the Ancient Greek root μαστός (mastós, “(human) breast”).

Words from the same roots