Where does “phosphorylation” come from?

Phosphorylation is an English formation from phosphoryl, ultimately derived through Latin -atio and -tio from Proto-Indo-European -ti- and -tis, nominal suffixes forming agent and action nouns.

phosphorylation (English): the process of transferring a phosphate group...

Definitions

the process of transferring a phosphate group...

Ancestry of “phosphorylation”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	-ation	An action or process; The result of an action or...
2	Middle English	-acioun	Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
3	Old French	-ation	ation
4	Latin	-ātiō	—
5	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
6	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
8	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
9	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10	Latin	calceus	shoe
11	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
12	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “phosphorylation”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →