Etymograph

English

promicrobial

From pro- + microbial.

Formed from pro- + microbial

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’

Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’

English pro-

Today it means

adj That encourages the growth of microbes

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / promicrobial