Where does “paleophysiology” come from?
paleophysiology (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.
paleophysiology (English): The scientific study of the evolutionary basis of...
Definitions
- The scientific study of the evolutionary basis of...
Ancestry of “paleophysiology”, step by step
paleophysiology 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 |
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 |