Where does “carbogenic” come from?
carbogenic (English) comes from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.
carbogenic (English): Describing any complex, poorly-characterised organic compounds, derived from others by loss of various elements (especially hydrogen and oxygen), that are mostly carbon
Definitions
- Describing any complex, poorly-characterised organic compounds, derived from others by loss of various elements (especially hydrogen and oxygen), that are mostly carbon
Ancestry of “carbogenic”, step by step
carbogenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English genic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | genic | of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English carbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carbo | carbohydrate |
| 2 | English | carbohydrate | A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food... |