Where does “bioblitz” come from?
bioblitz (English) comes from English Blitz, from English Blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg, from German krieg, from Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krig, from Proto-West Germanic krīg, from Proto-Germanic krīganą — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
bioblitz (English): An intense biological survey, often community-driven or involving citizen science, that attempts to record all the living species within a designated area
Definitions
- An intense biological survey, often community-driven or involving citizen science, that attempts to record all the living species within a designated area
Ancestry of “bioblitz”, step by step
bioblitz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Blitz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Blitz | The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II |
| 2 | English | Blitzkrieg | A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support |
| 3 | German | Blitzkrieg | blitzkrieg |
| 4 | German | krieg | singular imperative of kriegen |
| 5 | Middle High German | kriec | exertion; enmity; opposition |
| 6 | Old High German | krig | stubbornness; defiance |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |
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 |