Where does “biopesticidal” come from?
biopesticidal (English) comes from English pesticidal, from English pesticide, from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest, from Old Church Slavonic пещь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei.
biopesticidal (English): Of or pertaining to biopesticides
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to biopesticides
Ancestry of “biopesticidal”, step by step
biopesticidal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pesticidal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pesticidal | Of, pertaining to, or effective as a pesticide |
| 2 | English | pesticide | Anything, especially a synthetic substance but... |
| 3 | English | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 4 | Hungarian | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 5 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | oven, stove |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
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 |