Where does “bioreactor” come from?
Bioreactor combines the prefix bio- with reactor, which derives from English react, English act, Latin re- (again) and Latin agere (to do or drive), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-.
bioreactor (English): A fermentation vat, containing microorganisms or...
Definitions
- A fermentation vat, containing microorganisms or...
Ancestry of “bioreactor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reactor | A person who responds to a suggestion,... |
| 2 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 3 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |