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Where does “hypermetabolic” come from?

hypermetabolic (English) comes from English metabolic, from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός, from Ancient Greek μεταβολή, from Ancient Greek μετά, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé.

hypermetabolic (English): Pertaining to hypermetabolism

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to hypermetabolism

Ancestry of “hypermetabolic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetabolicOf or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to,...
2Ancient Greekμεταβολικός—
3Ancient Greekμεταβολήchange, mutation, transformation
4Ancient Greekμετάin the midst of, among, between, with; in common,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmé—
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