Where does “biomassa” come from?
biomassa (Swedish) comes from Swedish bio, from Swedish biograf, from Swedish graf, from English graph, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
biomassa (Swedish): biomass
Definitions
- biomass
Ancestry of “biomassa”, step by step
biomassa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bio | cinema; the movies |
| 2 | Swedish | biograf | a cinema, a movie theatre; commonly contracted to... |
| 3 | Swedish | graf | graph, the set \left\{(x, F({x}))\right\} |
| 4 | English | graph | A data chart intended to illustrate the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Swedish mässa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mässa | a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |