Etymology

postsynapse

P3O1S1T1S1Y4N1A1P3S1E1

Today it means: The cell to which a synapse sends a signal Full definition →

English synapse ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishsynapse
  8. English todaypostsynapse

From post- + synapse.

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