protoplasm
English
noun
Definitions
- (cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Protoplasma derived from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (first, earliest).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πρῶτος
Gloss
first, earliest
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
初
Emoji
🥇
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intraprotoplasmic English
- prop- English
- protandrogonous English
- protologism English
- protoplasmal English
- protoplasmic English
- proton Latin
- Protoplasma German
- proto Italian
- protium Dutch, Flemish
- Πρωτεσίλαος Ancient Greek
- πρωτοτόκος Ancient Greek
- πρωτότοκος Ancient Greek
- πρώτειος Ancient Greek
- πρώτιστος Ancient Greek
- πρῶτος Ancient Greek
- ἑβδομηκοστόπρωτος Ancient Greek
- *pr̥H- Proto-Indo-European
- prótaplasma Irish
- πρωτο- Greek (modern)
- πρώτος Greek (modern)
- νοτάριος gkm
- πρωτονοτάριος gkm
- πρωτόκολλον gkm