Where does “heteroimmunity” come from?
heteroimmunity (English) comes from English immunity, from Old French immunité, from Latin immunitas, from Latin immūnis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
heteroimmunity (English): The condition of being heteroimmune
Definitions
- The condition of being heteroimmune
Ancestry of “heteroimmunity”, step by step
heteroimmunity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English immunity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immunity | The state of being insusceptible to something;... |
| 2 | Old French | immunité | — |
| 3 | Latin | immunitas | freedom or exemption from taxes or public... |
| 4 | Latin | immūnis | free or exempt from taxes, public service, or penalty (+ ablative) |
| 5 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English hetero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hetero | Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a... |
| 2 | English | heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite... |
| 3 | English | -sexual | Forms a noun or adjective describing a state or... |
| 4 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 5 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 6 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |