Where does “bioincubator” come from?
bioincubator (English) comes from English incubator, from English incubate, from Latin incubatus, from Latin incubō, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew- — cattle.
bioincubator (English): A centre for new biotechnology companies
Definitions
- A centre for new biotechnology companies
Ancestry of “bioincubator”, step by step
bioincubator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incubator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incubator | Any apparatus used to maintain environmental... |
| 2 | English | incubate | To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or... |
| 3 | Latin | incubatus | — |
| 4 | Latin | incubō | to lie, sit, or settle in, on or upon; recline |
| 5 | Latin | cubō | to lie down, recline |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | to lie down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |
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 |