Where does “mikrobiologi” come from?

mikrobiologi (Swedish) comes from Swedish biologi, from German Biologie, from Ancient Greek βίος, from Ancient Greek Γένεσις, from Proto-Hellenic génetis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

mikrobiologi (Swedish): microbiology

Definitions

  1. microbiology

Ancestry of “mikrobiologi”, step by step

mikrobiologi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish biologi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbiologibiology
2GermanBiologiebiology
3Ancient Greekβίοςlife
4Ancient GreekΓένεσιςGenesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek
5Proto-Hellenicgénetisorigin, source
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Swedish mikro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmikromicrowave oven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic génetis →