Etymology

biocontainment

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Today it means: Any of several techniques used to ensure that biohazards are contained within a laboratory and not allowed to escape into the environment. Full definition →

English containment ← Middle English conteinen ← Old French contenir
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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*ḱe?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kom
  8. Proto-Italic*kom-
  9. Latincon-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
  12. Proto-Italic*tenēō
  13. Latinteneō
  14. Latincontineō
  15. Latincontinēre
  16. Old Frenchcontenir
  17. Middle Englishconteinen
  18. Englishcontain
  19. Englishcontainment
  20. English todaybiocontainment

From bio- + containment.

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