Etymology

presymbiosis

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Today it means: The stage in the development of an organism during which the necessary biochemical changes are made to allow a move from asymbiosis to symbiosis Full definition →

English symbiosis ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishsymbiosis
  10. English todaypresymbiosis

From pre- + symbiosis.

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