Etymology

thyrocyte

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Today it means: A thyroid epithelial cell Full definition →

Latin cyta ← Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos) ← English thyro-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  3. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  4. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  10. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  11. Englishthyroid
  12. Englishthyro-
  13. Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
  14. Latincyta
  15. English todaythyrocyte

From thyro- + -cyte.

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