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Where does “bioinvasive” come from?

bioinvasive (English) comes from English invasive, from Middle French invasif, from Medieval Latin invasivus, from Latin invāsus, from Latin invado, from Latin vādō, from Latin vadere, from Latin vado — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

bioinvasive (English): Carrying out bioinvasion

Definitions

  1. Carrying out bioinvasion

Ancestry of “bioinvasive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinvasiveThat invades a foreign country using military...
2Middle Frenchinvasif—
3Medieval Latininvasivus—
4Latininvāsus—
5LatininvadoI enter; I invade
6Latinvādō—
7Latinvaderesecond-person singular present passive...
8LatinvadoI go, walk, rush; I ford, wade through
9Proto-Italicwāðōadvance, proceed, go
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse
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