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Where does “holophytic” come from?

holophytic (English) comes from English holophyte, from English -phyte, from Ancient Greek φυτόν, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

holophytic (English): That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion...

Definitions

  1. That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion...

Ancestry of “holophytic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishholophyteAny organism that produces its own food through...
2English-phyteA taxonomic group of plants or algae, e.g....
3Ancient Greekφυτόνplant, tree; creature; child, descendant
4Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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