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caveola

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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caveola (plural caveolae)

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

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Italian

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Noun

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caveola f (plural caveole)

  1. caveola

Latin

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. little cage

Declension

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First-declension noun.

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

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References

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

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Noun

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caveola f (plural caveolas)

  1. caveola
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