Where does “bioaugmentative” come from?
bioaugmentative (English) comes from English augmentative, from French augmentatif, from French augmenter, from Latin augmentō, from Latin augmentum, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂owg-éye-ti.
bioaugmentative (English): Relating to, or employing bioaugmentation
Definitions
- Relating to, or employing bioaugmentation
Ancestry of “bioaugmentative”, step by step
bioaugmentative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English augmentative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | augmentative | Growing, enlarging, increasing; A form of word... |
| 2 | French | augmentatif | augmentative |
| 3 | French | augmenter | to increase; to increase, to augment |
| 4 | Latin | augmentō | to increase, augment |
| 5 | Latin | augmentum | increase, growth, augmentation |
| 6 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | 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 |