Where does “cryophylactic” come from?

cryophylactic (English) comes from English phylactic — That protects; Relating to phylaxis; A protection...

cryophylactic (English): resistant to freezing

Definitions

  1. resistant to freezing

Ancestry of “cryophylactic”, step by step

cryophylactic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English phylactic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphylacticThat protects; Relating to phylaxis; A protection...

via English cryo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcryocryoprecipitate
Every word from English phylactic
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