Where does “psychrotrophic” come from?

psychrotrophic (English) comes from English psychro-, from Ancient Greek ψυχρός, from Ancient Greek -ρός, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

psychrotrophic (English): Describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold...

Definitions

  1. Describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold...

Ancestry of “psychrotrophic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpsychro-Cold
2Ancient Greekψυχρόςcold; cold-hearted, without feeling, lifeless;...
3Ancient Greek-ρόςable, tending to be X'ed (for a verb X); a suffix generally deriving adjectives from verbal stems
4Proto-Indo-European-rósForms adjectives from Caland system roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -rósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ρόςEvery word from English psychro-
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