Where does “microbiota” come from?
Microbiota comes from English micro- combined with biota, which derives from Ancient Greek βίος meaning life, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós.
microbiota (English): The microbial flora harbored by normal, healthy...
Definitions
- The microbial flora harbored by normal, healthy...
Ancestry of “microbiota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | biota | The living organisms of a region; Platycladus... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | — |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “microbiota”