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Where does “hemibiotroph” come from?

hemibiotroph (English) comes from English biotroph, from English Bio, from English biology, from Ancient Greek βίος, from Ancient Greek Γένεσις, from Proto-Hellenic génetis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

hemibiotroph (English): An organism that is parasitic in living tissue...

Definitions

  1. An organism that is parasitic in living tissue...

Ancestry of “hemibiotroph”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbiotrophAny parasite that cannot survive in a dead host...
2EnglishBioAbbreviation of biology
3EnglishbiologyThe study of all life or living matter; The...
4Ancient Greekβίοςlife
5Ancient GreekΓένεσις—
6Proto-Hellenicgénetisorigin, source
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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