Where does “biotransformation” come from?
Biotransformation comes from English transformation combined with Ancient Greek βίο- (life), from Ancient Greek βίος (life), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- (to cross or overcome).
biotransformation (English): The changes that occur to a substance by the...
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- The changes that occur to a substance by the...
Ancestry of “biotransformation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transformation | The act of transforming or the state of being... |
| 2 | Middle English | transformacioun | shapeshifting, metamorphosis |
| 3 | Middle French | transformation | — |
| 4 | Latin | trānsfōrmātiō | transformation |
| 5 | Latin | fōrmātiō | The act of shaping, forming or fashioning |
| 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 |