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Where does “abiotic” come from?

Abiotic comes from English a- (prefix meaning "not") and English biotic, which derives from Latin ad- and Latin ad, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European h₂epo and Proto-Indo-European al-.

abiotic (English): Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the...

Definitions

  1. Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the...

Ancestry of “abiotic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabiotiqueabiotic

Words derived from “abiotic”

  • abiotically
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