Etymology

stereocilium

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Today it means: Any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction Full definition →

English cilium ← Latin cilium ← Proto-Italic *keljom
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  3. Ancient Greekστερεο- (stereo-)
  4. Englishstereo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱelyom
  7. Proto-Italic*keljom
  8. Latincilium
  9. Englishcilium
  10. English todaystereocilium

From stereo- + cilium.

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