Where does “chemotaxis” come from?

chemotaxis (English) comes from German chemo-, from German Chemie, from German Alchemie, from Latin alchēmia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

chemotaxis (English): The movement of a cell or an organism in response...

Definitions

  1. The movement of a cell or an organism in response...

Ancestry of “chemotaxis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanchemo-chemo
2GermanChemiechemistry
3GermanAlchemiealchemy
4Latinalchēmiaalchemy
5Arabicكيمياءchemistry
6Ancient Greekχυμείᾱart of alloying metals, alchemy
7Ancient Greekχύμαthat which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,...
8Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
9Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “chemotaxis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χύμα →