Where does “galvanotaxis” come from?
galvanotaxis (English) comes from English galvano-, from Italian Galvani, from Italian -i, from Latin -i, from Latin -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.
galvanotaxis (English): The movement of an organism either towards or...
Definitions
- The movement of an organism either towards or...
Ancestry of “galvanotaxis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | galvano- | electricity or galvanism |
| 2 | Italian | Galvani | — |
| 3 | Italian | -i | Used with a stem to form the second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -i | nominative/vocative masculine plural of -us;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ēs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éy- | he, this |