Where does “symbiotism” come from?

symbiotism (English) comes from English symbiote, from English sym-, from Ancient Greek συμ-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα — to name.

symbiotism (English): symbiosis

Definitions

  1. symbiosis

Ancestry of “symbiotism”, step by step

symbiotism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English symbiote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsymbiotean organism in a partnership with another such...
2Englishsym-variant of syn-, used before the letters b, m and...
3Ancient Greekσυμ-Alternative form of σῠν-
4Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
5Ancient GreekπατρίςThe place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,...
6Ancient Greekπᾰτήρfather
7Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
8Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα