English
bioaccumulation
Bioaccumulation comes from Latin accumulātiō ‘the act of heaping up’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumulātiō‘the act of heaping up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acumulacyon
- English1500–presentaccumulation
- Englishtodaybioaccumulation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccumulātiō‘the act of heaping up’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500acumulacyon
- English1500–presentaccumulation
- Englishtodaybioaccumulation
A compound of cumulus ‘heap, pile’ + cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’ + accumulō ‘to add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate,…’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Latin cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mós
Latin cumulus ‘heap, pile’
Latin cumulō ‘to heap, pile up, amass, accumulate’
Latin accumulō ‘to add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate, load, amass’
Every English word from Latin accumulātiō
Today it means
noun The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate by means of a food chain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accumulātiō / bioaccumulation