English
caveola
Caveola comes from New Latin caveola ‘little cage’, from Latin cavea ‘hollow, cavity’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kawos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kawosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcavus‘hollow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE*caveusreconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcavea‘hollow, cavity’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900caveola‘little cage’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kawosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcavus‘hollow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CE*caveusreconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcavea‘hollow, cavity’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900caveola‘little cage’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
church, kirk, hound, cyst, cumulus, cajole, 37 more
through Proto-Italic *kawos
through Latin cavus ‘hollow’
cavity, excavation, cavern, concave, excavate, cavil, 13 more
through Latin cavea ‘hollow, cavity’
through New Latin caveola ‘little cage’
Today it means
noun A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kawos / caveola