Where does “bioprocess” come from?
bioprocess (English) comes from English process, from English procession, from Middle English processioun, from Old French pourciession, from Latin processio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bioprocess (English): Any technological process that uses living cells...
Definitions
- Any technological process that uses living cells...
Ancestry of “bioprocess”, step by step
bioprocess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English process
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | process | A series of events which produce a result; A set... |
| 2 | English | procession | The act of progressing or proceeding; A group of... |
| 3 | Middle English | processioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | pourciession | procession |
| 5 | Latin | processio | advance; procession |
| 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 |
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 |