Where does “alkalibiont” come from?

alkalibiont (English) comes from English alkali, from French alcali, from Medieval Latin alcali, from Arabic اَلْقِلْي.

alkalibiont (English): Any organism that lives in an alkaline environment

Definitions

  1. Any organism that lives in an alkaline environment

Ancestry of “alkalibiont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalkaliOne of a class of caustic bases, such as soda,...
2Frenchalcalialkali
3Medieval Latinalcali—
4Arabicاَلْقِلْي—
Every word from Arabic اَلْقِلْي →Every word from Medieval Latin alcali →Every word from French alcali →
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