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Where does “bioingredient” come from?

bioingredient (English) comes from English ingredient, from Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediēns, from Latin ingredior, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

bioingredient (English): Any bioactive ingredient in a functional food

Definitions

  1. Any bioactive ingredient in a functional food

Ancestry of “bioingredient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingredientOne of the substances present in a mixture,...
2Middle Frenchingredientingredient
3Latiningrediēns—
4LatiningrediorI go into or onto, enter; I enter upon, engage...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →