Where does “microphysiology” come from?
microphysiology (English) comes from English physiology, from French physiologie, from Latin physiologia, from Ancient Greek φυσιολογία, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
microphysiology (English): physiology studied on a very small scale
Definitions
- physiology studied on a very small scale
Ancestry of “microphysiology”, step by step
microphysiology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English physiology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | physiology | A branch of biology that deals with the functions... |
| 2 | French | physiologie | physiology |
| 3 | Latin | physiologia | physiology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυσιολογία | natural philosophy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |