Where does “autobioluminescence” come from?
autobioluminescence (English) comes from English bioluminescence, from English luminescence, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
autobioluminescence (English): bioluminescence generated without any external influence
Definitions
- bioluminescence generated without any external influence
Ancestry of “autobioluminescence”, step by step
autobioluminescence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bioluminescence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bioluminescence | The emission of light by a living organism |
| 2 | English | luminescence | Any emission of light that cannot be attributed... |
| 3 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 4 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 5 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 6 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 7 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |