Etymology of the English word biofuel
the English word
biofuelderived from the English word
fuelderived from the Old French word
fouaillederived from the Old French word
fouderived from the Latin root
*focaliaderived from the Latin root
*focalisderived from the Latin word
focus (hearth, fireplace; altar)
using the French suffix
-aillederived from the Old French word
feuailederived from the Old French word
feuderived from the Latin word
focus (hearth, fireplace; altar)
derived from the Latin word
feudum (fief)
using the English prefix
bio-derived from the Late Greek word
bios, βίος (life; life; the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷei- (to live)
derived from the Greek word
phantasma, φάντασμα ((properly concrete) a (mere) show ('phantasm'); spectre)
derived from the Greek word
phantazein, φαντάζω (to make apparent; to appear (neuter participle as noun, a spectacle))
derived from the Greek word
phantosderived from the Late Greek word
phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bha-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhā-Usage
Word found in Modern English
