Etymology

bioaccumulation

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Today it means: The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate by means of a food chain. Full definition →

English accumulation ← Middle English acumulacyon ← Latin accumulātiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  6. Proto-Italic*ad
  7. Proto-Italic*ad-
  8. Latinad-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
  11. Latincumulus
  12. Latincumulō
  13. Latinaccumulō
  14. Latinaccumulātiō
  15. Middle Frenchaccumulation
  16. Latinaccumulātiō
  17. Middle Englishacumulacyon
  18. Englishaccumulation
  19. English todaybioaccumulation

From bio- + accumulation.

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