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Where does “bioraffinerie” come from?

bioraffinerie (French) comes from French raffinerie, from French raffiner, from French ré-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

bioraffinerie (French): biorefinery

Definitions

  1. biorefinery

Ancestry of “bioraffinerie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraffinerierefinery
2Frenchraffinerto refine; to rarefy
3Frenchré-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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