-cytesuff. Cell: leukocyte.[New Latin -cyta, from Greek kutos, hollow vessel; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-cyte n combining form (Biology) indicating a cell: spermatocyte. [from New Latin -cyta, from Greek kutos container, body, hollow vessel]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cyto- a combining form meaning ?cell?: cytoplasm. Compare -cyte. [