Where does “mutualism” come from?
Mutualism comes from English mutual, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Latin mutuus meaning "reciprocal," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mew- meaning "to move."
mutualism (English): Any interaction between two species that benefits...
Definitions
- Any interaction between two species that benefits...
Ancestry of “mutualism”, step by step
mutualism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French mutualisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mutualisme | mutualism |
| 2 | Catalan | mutual | mutual |
| 3 | French | mutuel | reciprocal; mutual |
| 4 | Latin | mūtuus | borrowed, lent |
| 5 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |