Where does “envirotype” come from?
envirotype (English) comes from English enviro, from English environmentalist, from English environmental, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول — kohl, antimony paste.
envirotype (English): A set of exogenous factors that affect the phenotype
Definitions
- A set of exogenous factors that affect the phenotype
Ancestry of “envirotype”, step by step
envirotype traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enviro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enviro | An ecofreak |
| 2 | English | environmentalist | One who holds the view that environment, rather... |
| 3 | English | environmental | Pertaining to the environment |
| 4 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 5 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 6 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 7 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 8 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 9 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 10 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 11 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English type
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | type | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | type | symbol, figure, emblem |
| 3 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |