Where does “paleobiodiversity” come from?
paleobiodiversity (English) comes from English biodiversity, from English diversity, from Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin diversitas, from Latin dīversus, from Latin dīvertō, from Latin dī- — two.
paleobiodiversity (English): biodiversity in the past
Definitions
- biodiversity in the past
Ancestry of “paleobiodiversity”, step by step
paleobiodiversity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English biodiversity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biodiversity | The diversity of plant and animal life within a... |
| 2 | English | diversity | The quality of being diverse or different;... |
| 3 | Middle English | diversite | difference, distinctness; deviation, diversion;... |
| 4 | Old French | diversité | — |
| 5 | Latin | diversitas | contradiction; diversity, difference |
| 6 | Latin | dīversus | opposite |
| 7 | Latin | dīvertō | to separate |
| 8 | Latin | dī- | Two, double; di |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δί- | Twice, double |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via English paleo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paleo | Clipping of paleodiet |
| 2 | Hawaiian | leo | voice; sound; command; verbal message |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | leo | voice; language; speech |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | leqo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | *(qa-)liqoʀ | throat front part of the neck |
| 6 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *liqəʀ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | liqəʀ | neck |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | liqəʀ | neck |