The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμίτος“thread”
- German · derived fromMitochondrium
- English todaymitochondrion
From German Mitochondrium, coined by Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμίτος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.