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Where does “immunoluminescent” come from?

immunoluminescent (English) comes from English luminescent, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

immunoluminescent (English): Relating to, or employing immunoluminescence

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or employing immunoluminescence

Ancestry of “immunoluminescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishluminescentEmitting light by luminescence
2Latinlūmen—
3English-escencea specified process or state
4Latin-escens—
5Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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