Etymology

bioaccessible

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Today it means: Able to come into contact with an organism (and be absorbed by it). Full definition →

English accessible ← Late Latin accessibilis ← Latin accessus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Latinaccessus
  6. Late Latinaccessibilis
  7. Englishaccessible
  8. English todaybioaccessible

From bio- + accessible.

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