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Where does “luminophore” come from?

luminophore (English) comes from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

luminophore (English): That part of a molecule that is responsible for a...

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  1. That part of a molecule that is responsible for a...

Ancestry of “luminophore”, step by step

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