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Where does “axenic” come from?

axenic (English) comes from English xenic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

axenic (English): Containing only a single species of...

Definitions

  1. Containing only a single species of...

Ancestry of “axenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishxenicRelating to xenic acid; Containing an...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “axenic”

  • axenically
  • monoaxenic
  • axenicity
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →