Where does “autochemotaxis” come from?
autochemotaxis (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autochemotaxis (English): chemotaxis due to a chemical stimulant released by the organism itself
Definitions
- chemotaxis due to a chemical stimulant released by the organism itself
Ancestry of “autochemotaxis”, step by step
autochemotaxis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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,... |
via English chemotaxis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chemotaxis | The movement of a cell or an organism in response... |
| 2 | German | chemo- | chemo |
| 3 | German | Chemie | chemistry |
| 4 | German | Alchemie | alchemy |
| 5 | Latin | alchēmia | alchemy |
| 6 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |