Etymology

microbody

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Today it means: A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes. Full definition →

English body ← Middle English bodi ← Old English bodiġ
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewdʰ-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*budagą
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bodag
  8. Old Englishbodiġ
  9. Middle Englishbodi
  10. Englishbody
  11. English todaymicrobody

From micro- + body.

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