Etymology

perisynaptic

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Today it means: Near a synapse Full definition →

English synaptic ← Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) ← Proto-Indo-European *per-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Englishsynaptic
  5. English todayperisynaptic

From peri- + synaptic.

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