Where does “autotrofico” come from?
autotrofico (Italian) comes from Italian autotrofia, from Italian -trofia, from Ancient Greek -τροφία, from Ancient Greek τροφή, from Ancient Greek τρέφω, from Proto-Hellenic tʰrépʰō.
autotrofico (Italian): autotrophic
Ancestry of “autotrofico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | autotrofia | autotrophy |
| 2 | Italian | -trofia | -trophy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τροφία | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τροφή | nourishment, food; nurture, rearing, upbringing;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τρέφω | to thicken, congeal, curdle; to make to grow, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | tʰrépʰō | — |