English

exocytic

From exo- + cyto- + -ic.

A compound of exo- + cyto- + -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Ancient Greek κύτος ‘container, receptacle’

English cyto-

Today it means

adj Outside of a cell

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / exocytic