Etymology

bioactuation

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Today it means: Biological or biochemical actuation (typically by a muscle). Full definition →

English actuation ← Medieval Latin āctuātus ← Latin āctuō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  7. Proto-Italic*agō
  8. Latinagō
  9. Latināctus
  10. Latināctuō
  11. Medieval Latināctuātus
  12. Englishactuate
  13. Englishactuation
  14. English todaybioactuation

From bio- + actuation.

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