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Where does “biosequestration” come from?

biosequestration (English) comes from English sequestration, from Middle French sequestration, from Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō, from Latin sequester, from Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor — to follow; to see; to say.

biosequestration (English): storage and removal of carbon from the atmosphere...

Definitions

  1. storage and removal of carbon from the atmosphere...

Ancestry of “biosequestration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsequestrationThe process or act of sequestering; a putting...
2Middle Frenchsequestration—
3Latinsequestrātiō—
4Latinsequestrō—
5Latinsequestermediating; mediator, depositary; mediator,...
6Latinsequī—
7Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
8Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
9Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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