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Where does “βίοτος” come from?

βίοτος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

βίοτος (Ancient Greek): life

Definitions

  1. life

Ancestry of “βίοτος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wo-teh₂—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “βίοτος”

  • biotin
  • iminobiotin
  • antibiotin
  • desthiobiotin
  • biotinide
  • Biotin
  • ビオチン
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