Etymology

thylakoid

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Today it means: a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis Full definition →

Ancient Greek θύλακος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθύλακος“sack, bag”
  2. English todaythylakoid

From Ancient Greek θύλακος (thúlakos, “sack, bag”) + -oid.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθύλακος all →

thylacine

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