Where does “agroinfection” come from?
agroinfection (English) comes from English infection, from Old French infection, from Latin infectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
agroinfection (English): viral infection via an agrobacterium
Definitions
- viral infection via an agrobacterium
Ancestry of “agroinfection”, step by step
agroinfection traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infection
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infection | The act or process of infecting; An uncontrolled... |
| 2 | Old French | infection | infection |
| 3 | Latin | infectio | infection |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English agro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agro | angry |
| 2 | Italian | agro | sour, vinegary; countryside around a town |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | acrus | sour |
| 4 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 5 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |