English
vesicle
Vesicle comes from Latin vēsīcula ‘little bladder’, and goes back to vēsīca.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēsīca‘bladder, urinary bladder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēsīcula‘little bladder’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600vesicule
- Englishearliest quotation 2004vesicle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēsīca‘bladder, urinary bladder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēsīcula‘little bladder’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600vesicule
- Englishearliest quotation 2004vesicle
Earliest quotation: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth: “It frequently contains holes, or vesicles, especially nearer the…”
Every English word from Latin vēsīca
Today it means
noun A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vēsīca / vesicle