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Where does “xenomicrobiota” come from?

xenomicrobiota (English) comes from English microbiota, from English biota, from Ancient Greek βίος, from Ancient Greek Γένεσις, from Proto-Hellenic génetis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

xenomicrobiota (English): The microbiota from another individual or species

Definitions

  1. The microbiota from another individual or species

Ancestry of “xenomicrobiota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicrobiotaThe microbial flora harbored by normal, healthy...
2EnglishbiotaThe living organisms of a region; Platycladus...
3Ancient Greekβίοςlife
4Ancient GreekΓένεσις—
5Proto-Hellenicgénetisorigin, source
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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