núcleo

Galician

noun

Definitions

(chemistry) nucleus (of an atom)
(biology) nucleus (of a cell)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nū̆cleus (kernel, core).

Origin

Latin

nū̆cleus

Gloss

kernel, core

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

nuclear English
nuclearis Latin
nucleatus Latin
nucleo Latin
nū̆cleus Latin
nucleo Italian
núcleo Spanish, Castilian
núcleo Portuguese
nucli Catalan, Valencian
nucleu Asturian