Where does “metabolism” come from?
metabolism (English) comes from French métabolisme, from Ancient Greek μεταβολή, from Ancient Greek μετά, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
metabolism (English): The chemical processes that occur within a living...
Definitions
- The chemical processes that occur within a living...
Ancestry of “metabolism”, step by step
metabolism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French métabolisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | métabolisme | metabolism |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μεταβολή | change, mutation, transformation |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μετά | in the midst of, among, between, with; in common,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |
via Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μετᾰβολή | change, mutation |
Words derived from “metabolism”
- metabolite
- metabolomics
- hypometabolism
- hypermetabolism
- metabolome
- antimetabolite
- cometabolism
- dysmetabolism
- protometabolism
- lipometabolism
- cometabolite
- holometabolism
- hemimetabolism
- saccharometabolism
- chronometabolism
- glycometabolism
- macrometabolism
- ametabolism
- immunometabolism
- radiometabolism
- metabo-
- exometabolism
- metaboliza
- bradymetabolism