English
lamellocyte
Lamellocyte comes from Latin lāmella ‘thin plate’, and goes back to lāmina.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElāmina‘thin plate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElāmella‘thin plate’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015lamellocyte
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElāmina‘thin plate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElāmella‘thin plate’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015lamellocyte
Earliest quotation: 2015: “When further elucidating the immune status of Hml-apo larvae,…”
Formed from -cyte
Linked words
through Latin lāmina ‘thin plate’
laminate, laminar, lamina, lames, 6 more
through Latin lāmella ‘thin plate’
Today it means
noun A large, flat cell that functions as a plasmatocyte.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lāmina / lamellocyte