Where does “biodurability” come from?
biodurability (English) comes from English durability, from Old French durabilité, from Latin durabilitas, from Latin dūrābilis, from Latin dūrō, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic dūros, from Proto-Indo-European duh₂-ró-s — far; long.
biodurability (English): biological or biochemical durability (the ability to persist in the natural environment)
Definitions
- biological or biochemical durability (the ability to persist in the natural environment)
Ancestry of “biodurability”, step by step
biodurability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English durability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | durability | Permanence by virtue of the power to resist... |
| 2 | Old French | durabilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | durabilitas | durability |
| 4 | Latin | dūrābilis | durable, lasting |
| 5 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 6 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |
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 |