"lumpy, dimpled fat," 1968, from French cellulite, from cellule "a small cell" (16c., from Latin cellula "little cell," diminutive of cella; see cell) + -ite (see -ite (1)). The word appeared mainly in fashion magazines and advertisements for beauty treatments.
cellist
cello
cellophane
cellphone
cellular
cellulite
cellulitis
celluloid
cellulose
Celsius
celt