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Where does “chemotrophy” come from?

chemotrophy (English) comes from English trophy, from Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

chemotrophy (English): The synthesis of an organism's energy by the...

Definitions

  1. The synthesis of an organism's energy by the...

Ancestry of “chemotrophy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrophyAn object, usually in the form of a statuette,...
2Middle Frenchtrophéememorial
3Latintrophaeumtrophy, monument to victory in war; a sign of...
4Ancient Greekτρόπαιονtrophy, a monument to an enemy's defeat
5Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
6Ancient Greek-ή—
7Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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