Where does “bioengenharia” come from?
bioengenharia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese engenharia, from Portuguese engenho, from Old Portuguese engenno, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
bioengenharia (Portuguese): bioengineering
Definitions
- bioengineering
Ancestry of “bioengenharia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | engenharia | engineering |
| 2 | Portuguese | engenho | ingenuity; astuteness; machine |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | engenno | — |
| 4 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |