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Where does “Aphanobionta” come from?

Aphanobionta (Translingual) comes from Translingual aphano-, from Ancient Greek ἀφανής, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Ancestry of “Aphanobionta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualaphano-Invisible
2Ancient Greekἀφανήςunseen; indistinct, unseen, obscure
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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