Where does “trophic” come from?
Trophic comes from Ancient Greek τροφικός, derived from τροφή meaning nourishment, from τρέφω meaning to nourish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots -kos and -eh₂.
trophic (English): Of or pertaining to nutrition; Describing the...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to nutrition; Describing the...
Ancestry of “trophic”, step by step
Words derived from “trophic”
- neurotrophic
- oligotrophic
- autotrophic
- phototrophic
- mesotrophic
- chemoautotrophic
- biotrophic
- necrotrophic
- peritrophic
- chemolithoautotrophic
- ombrotrophic
- planktotrophic
- trophically
- lithotrophic
- autotrophically
- endotrophic
- polytrophic
- oligotrophication
- chemoorganotrophic
- ultraoligotrophic
- hemibiotrophic
- organotrophic
- bitrophic
- chemolithoautotrophically