also leucocyte, "white blood cell, white or colorless corpuscle of the blood or lymph," 1860, via French leucocyte, from leuco-, a Latinized combining form of Greek leukos "white, clear," from PIE root *leuk- "light, brightness" + -cyte "cell."
*leuk-
leukaemia
leukemia
leukemic
leuko-
leukocyte
lev
Levant
Levantine
levari facias
levator
