Where does “photoinactivation” come from?
photoinactivation (English) comes from English inactivation, from French inactiver, from French activer, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω.
photoinactivation (English): inactivation by means of light
Definitions
- inactivation by means of light
Ancestry of “photoinactivation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inactivation | The process of rendering something inactive |
| 2 | French | inactiver | to inactivate, deactivate |
| 3 | French | activer | to activate; to speed up; to stoke |
| 4 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 5 | Old French | actif | active |
| 6 | Latin | āctīvus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |