Where does “Biology” come from?
Biology derives from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, "life") and λόγος (lógos, "account"), whose roots trace to Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- and leǵ-, meaning "to live" and "to speak" respectively.
Biology (English): The study of all life or living matter; The...
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- The study of all life or living matter; The...
Ancestry of “Biology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |