Etymograph

English

exomembrane

From exo- + membrane.

Formed from exo- + membrane

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Proto-Indo-European *mems- ‘flesh, meat’

Proto-Indo-European *mḗms ‘flesh’

Proto-Italic *memzrom

Latin membrum ‘a limb or member of the body’

Latin membrāna ‘skin or membrane that covers parts of the body’

English membrane

Today it means

noun An exocytic membrane

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

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