Where does “biofabrication” come from?
biofabrication (English) comes from English fabrication, from French fabrication, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
biofabrication (English): The manufacture of things from biological materials
Definitions
- The manufacture of things from biological materials
Ancestry of “biofabrication”, step by step
biofabrication traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fabrication
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fabrication | The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing;... |
| 2 | French | fabrication | manufacture, manufacturing; fabrication;... |
| 3 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 4 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |