Where does “amphotropic” come from?

amphotropic (English) comes from English -tropic, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

amphotropic (English): Describing any virus or bacterium that infects a...

Definitions

  1. Describing any virus or bacterium that infects a...

Ancestry of “amphotropic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-tropicturning or changing; affecting or attracted to...
2Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
3Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή
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