Where does “bioaugment” come from?
bioaugment (English) comes from English augment, from Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō.
bioaugment (English): To carry out bioaugmentation
Definitions
- To carry out bioaugmentation
Ancestry of “bioaugment”, step by step
bioaugment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English augment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | augment | To increase; to make larger or supplement; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | augmenten | — |
| 3 | Middle French | augmenter | — |
| 4 | Old French | augmenter | — |
| 5 | Latin | augmentāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | augmentum | increase, growth, augmentation |
| 7 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
via English Bio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bio | Abbreviation of biology |
| 2 | English | biology | The study of all life or living matter; The... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |