ENDING OF CYTO the suffix -cito is of Greek origin has as its first meaning the meaning of cell, as in lymphocyte, leukocyte, phagocyte, erythrocyte. It can go to the beginning, with equal meaning, as in cytology, cytoplasm, cytostoma. Secondly, it is used in many nouns to turn them into diminutives: little man, little piece, little piece, little night, little heart, little love.
