English
leucophore
Leucophore comes from Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’, from φέρω ‘to bear, to carry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρωphéreinas φέρειν, derivative‘to bear, to carry’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλευκόςleukós‘white’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006leucophore
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρωphéreinas φέρειν, derivative‘to bear, to carry’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλευκόςleukós‘white’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006leucophore
Earliest quotation: 2006, Luciana Borrelli, Francesca Gherardi: “When the overlying chromatophores are fully contracted, the underlying…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, suffering, prefer, bread, burden, bearing, fortune, differently, barrel, barn, fury, baron, bark, breeze, bore, berth, broom, differentiation, barrow, indifferent, embargo, infertility, fret, ferret, deference, infertile, insufferable, furtive, bier, differentially, bahar, proffer, deferential, differentiable, birr, bairn, burnish, differentiator, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
different, offer, difference, transfer, bear, reference, suffer, translation, relative, extraordinary, relation, relate, differ, frustration, translate, referendum, fertility, referee, strangely, borne, fertile, extravagant, defer, infer, fertilization, confer, frustrate, elated, infra, extraneous, ablation, elation, strangeness, fertilize, collation, dilate, ablative, collate, oblate, estrange, 103 more
through Ancient Greek φέρω ‘to bear, to carry’
phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, 22 more
through Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’
Today it means
noun Any chromatophore that shows white in reflected light.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / leucophore