Etymology

chemolithoautotrophic

Today it means: chemoautotrophic Full definition →

English autotrophic ← Ancient Greek λῐ́θος (lĭ́thos) ← New Latin chēmīa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  2. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  3. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  4. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  5. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  6. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  7. New Latinchēmīa
  8. Englishchemo-
  9. Ancient Greekλῐ́θος (lĭ́thos)
  10. Englishlitho-
  11. Englishautotrophic
  12. English todaychemolithoautotrophic

From chemo- + litho- + autotrophic.

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