Where does “microbioma” come from?
microbioma (Italian) comes from Italian bioma, from Italian -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμᾰ, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
microbioma (Italian): microbiome
Definitions
- microbiome
Ancestry of “microbioma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bioma | biome |
| 2 | Italian | -oma | oma forms the names of tumours or masses |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ωμᾰ | disease, tumor |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |