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Where does “nitroreducens” come from?

nitroreducens (Latin) comes from Latin reducens, from Latin redūcō, from Latin rĕ-, from Proto-Italic *wre-.

nitroreducens (Latin): nitrate-reducing

Definitions

  1. nitrate-reducing

Ancestry of “nitroreducens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreducensleading or bringing back
2Latinredūcō—
3Latinrĕ-—
4Proto-Italic*wre-—
Every word from Proto-Italic *wre- →