Where does “bioenergetic” come from?
bioenergetic (English) comes from English energetic, from French énergétique, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
bioenergetic (English): Of or pertaining to bioenergetics
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to bioenergetics
Ancestry of “bioenergetic”, step by step
bioenergetic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English energetic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | energetic | Possessing or pertaining to energy; Characterised... |
| 2 | French | énergétique | related to energy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English bioenergetics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bioenergetics | The study of the energy transformations that take... |
| 2 | English | bio- | life; organic life |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίο- | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via French bioénergétique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bioénergétique | bioenergetic |