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Where does “biohydrometallurgical” come from?

biohydrometallurgical (English) comes from English hydrometallurgical, from English metallurgical, from English metallurgy, from French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek ἔργον, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

biohydrometallurgical (English): Of or relating to biohydrometallurgy

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to biohydrometallurgy

Ancestry of “biohydrometallurgical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydrometallurgicalOf or pertaining to hydrometallurgy
2EnglishmetallurgicalOf or relating to metallurgy, the study of metals...
3EnglishmetallurgyThe science of metals; their extraction from...
4Frenchmétallurgiemetallurgy
5Ancient Greekἔργονdeed, doing, action; labour, work, task;...
6Proto-Hellenicwérgonwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
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