Where does “bioinformatician” come from?
bioinformatician (English) comes from English informatician, from French informaticien, from French informatique, from French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bioinformatician (English): A practitioner of bioinformatics
Definitions
- A practitioner of bioinformatics
Ancestry of “bioinformatician”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | informatician | Someone who practices informatics |
| 2 | French | informaticien | computer specialist, computer scientist; IT worker |
| 3 | French | informatique | computer science; ICT |
| 4 | French | information | piece of information; datum; news; information |
| 5 | Latin | īnfōrmātiō | sketch, idea, conception |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |