Where does “osmotropotaxis” come from?

osmotropotaxis (English) comes from English tropotaxis, from English tropo-, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

osmotropotaxis (English): tropotaxis in an osmotic gradient

Definitions

  1. tropotaxis in an osmotic gradient

Ancestry of “osmotropotaxis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtropotaxisMovement by organisms with paired receptor cells,...
2Englishtropo-Characterized by or related to turning motion;...
3Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
4Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή