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
Ancestry of “biocalcifying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 , with an atomic number 20.... |
| 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 | — |