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Where does “photobiosynthetic” come from?

photobiosynthetic (English) comes from English biosynthetic, from English synthetic, from French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις, from Ancient Greek συντίθημι, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν.

photobiosynthetic (English): Relating to photobiosynthesis

Definitions

  1. Relating to photobiosynthesis

Ancestry of “photobiosynthetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbiosyntheticof or pertaining to biosynthesis
2EnglishsyntheticOf, or relating to synthesis; Produced by...
3Frenchsynthétiquesynthetic
4Ancient Greekσυνθετικόςskilled in putting together, constructive;...
5Ancient Greekσύνθεσιςa putting together, composition, combination,...
6Ancient Greekσυντίθημιto assemble, put together
7Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
8Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
9Proto-Hellenic*ksún—
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