English
prothyrocyte
From pro- + thyrocyte.
A compound of pro- + thyroid + thyro- + -cyte + thyrocyte
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘Shield-shaped’
New Latin thyreoīdēs
English thyroid
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- ‘cover, skin’
Ancient Greek κῠ́τος ‘a hollow’
Latin cyta
English thyrocyte
Today it means
noun The precursor of a differentiated thyrocyte
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / prothyrocyte