Where does “microchemotaxis” come from?
microchemotaxis (English) comes from English chemotaxis, from German chemo-, from German Chemie, from German Alchemie, from Latin alchēmia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ, from Ancient Greek χύμα — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
microchemotaxis (English): chemotaxis of very small amounts of material, typically individual cells
Definitions
- chemotaxis of very small amounts of material, typically individual cells
Ancestry of “microchemotaxis”, step by step
microchemotaxis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chemotaxis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chemotaxis | The movement of a cell or an organism in response... |
| 2 | German | chemo- | chemo |
| 3 | German | Chemie | chemistry |
| 4 | German | Alchemie | alchemy |
| 5 | Latin | alchēmia | alchemy |
| 6 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |