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Where does “bioremediation” come from?

Bioremediation derives from English remediate combined with Ancient Greek βίος (bios, "life"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós meaning "alive" or "living."

bioremediation (English): The use of biological organisms, usually...

Definitions

  1. The use of biological organisms, usually...

Ancestry of “bioremediation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishremediationThe process of remedying a situation
2English-ionan action or process, or the result of an action...
3Ancient Greekἀπόγειονapogee, greatest distance from the Earth
4Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
5Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
6Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
7Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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