Etymology

nonbioaccumulative

Today it means: Not bioaccumulative. Full definition →

English bioaccumulative ← Middle English accumylaten ← Latin accumulātus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  15. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  16. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  17. Englishbio-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  19. Proto-Italic*ad
  20. Proto-Italic*ad-
  21. Latinad-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
  24. Latincumulus
  25. Latincumulō
  26. Latinaccumulō
  27. Latinaccumulātus
  28. Middle Englishaccumylaten
  29. Englishaccumulate
  30. Englishaccumulative
  31. Englishbioaccumulative
  32. English todaynonbioaccumulative

From non- + bioaccumulative.

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