caveola

English

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caveola

Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, constructed from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) +‎ -ola (diminutive suffix). Doublet of jail, which is from Late Latin caveola, an earlier, natural formation of the same term. More at cave, cavum, cava and cage.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

caveola (plural caveolae)

1. A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types.

Derived terms

• cavin

Related terms

• caveogenesis
• caveolar
• caveolin

Translations

small invagination of the plasma membrane

Finnish: kaveoli Spanish: caveola f

Anagrams

• coaeval, coæval

Italian

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caveola

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

caveola f (plural caveole)

1. caveola

Latin

Etymology

From cavea (“cage”) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in glosses from late antiquity.^[1]

Noun

caveola f (genitive caveolae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. little cage

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	caveola	caveolae
genitive	caveolae	caveolārum
dative	caveolae	caveolīs
accusative	caveolam	caveolās
ablative	caveolā	caveolīs
vocative	caveola	caveolae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: gabbiuola; cagiuolo m (archaic)
  • Neapolitan:

    caggiola (Matera)

    cajola (Molise, Sora)

    gaggiola (Teggiano)

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: gabiola; gabieul m
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: cajola ⇒? garjola
  • Old French: jaiole (see there for further descendants)
  • Gascon: cujòla, cojòla
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: gayola
    • →? Spanish: gayola
  • Galician: gaiola
  • Portuguese: gaiola

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “jaula”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 501

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “caveŏla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 556

Spanish

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caveola

Wikipedia ^es

Noun

caveola f (plural caveolas)

1. caveola

Related terms

• caveolina