Etymology

myotube

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Today it means: A structure of elongated multinucleate cells that contains some peripherally located myofibrils Full definition →

English tube ← Middle French tube ← Latin tubus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*múHs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mū́s
  3. Ancient Greekμῦς (mûs)
  4. Englishmyo-
  5. Latintuba
  6. Latintubus
  7. Middle Frenchtube
  8. Englishtube
  9. English todaymyotube

From myo- + tube.

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