Etymology

hypoproduction

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Today it means: Unusually low production of some substance in an organism. Full definition →

English production ← Middle English produccioun ← Old French production
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  9. Proto-Italic*pro-
  10. Latinprō-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  13. Proto-Italic*doukō
  14. Latindūcō
  15. Latinprōdūcō
  16. Latinprōductiō
  17. Old Frenchproduction
  18. Middle Englishproduccioun
  19. Englishproduction
  20. English todayhypoproduction

From hypo- + production.

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