Etymology

plasmacyte

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Today it means: A plasma cell Full definition →

Latin cyta ← Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos) ← English plasma
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)
  5. Late Latinplasma
  6. Englishplasma
  7. Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
  8. Latincyta
  9. English todayplasmacyte

From plasma + -cyte.

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