Where does “biocalcifying” come from?
biocalcifying (English) comes from English biocalcify, from English calcify, from French calcifier, from French calcium, from English calcium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
biocalcifying (English): Causing biocalcification
Definitions
- Causing biocalcification
Ancestry of “biocalcifying”, step by step
biocalcifying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English biocalcify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biocalcify | To calcify biologically or biochemically |
| 2 | English | calcify | To make something hard and stony by impregnating... |
| 3 | French | calcifier | to calcify |
| 4 | French | calcium | calcium |
| 5 | English | calcium | The chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks |
| 6 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |