Etymology

biopedturbation

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Today it means: The mixing or disturbance of soil by living organisms, as opposed to disturbance of other media such as sediment or leaf litter. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πέδον ← Latin turbātiō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromturbātiō“disturbance; confusion”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέδον“soil”
  3. English todaybiopedturbation

From bio- + Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”) + Latin turbātiō (“disturbance; confusion”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέδον all →

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