Where does “biorisanamento” come from?
biorisanamento (Italian) comes from Italian risanamento, from Italian risanare, from Italian ri, from Italian svegliare, from Old Occitan esvelhar, from Vulgar Latin exvigilare, from Latin evigilo, from Latin vigilō — lively, awake; strong.
biorisanamento (Italian): bioremediation
Ancestry of “biorisanamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | risanamento | upturn, recovery, balancing; reclaim,... |
| 2 | Italian | risanare | to restore, turn around, balance, reorganize; to... |
| 3 | Italian | ri | masculine plural of rio |
| 4 | Italian | svegliare | to wake up; to energize; to stimulate; to alert;... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | esvelhar | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | exvigilare | — |
| 7 | Latin | evigilo | I wake up, awaken; I am wakeful or vigilant; I... |
| 8 | Latin | vigilō | — |
| 9 | Latin | vigil | awake, watching, alert; watchman, guard,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |