Where does “ultrafractionation” come from?

ultrafractionation (English) comes from English fractionation, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

ultrafractionation (English): fractionation by means of an ultracentrifuge

Definitions

  1. fractionation by means of an ultracentrifuge

Ancestry of “ultrafractionation”, step by step

ultrafractionation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fractionation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfractionationA separation process in which a certain quantity...
2English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
3Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
4Old French-ationation
5Latin-ātiō
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English ultra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishultraExtreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical;...
2Latinultrābeyond
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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