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Where does “biogenic” come from?

Bio- derives from Ancient Greek βίο-, the combining form of Ancient Greek βίος meaning life, which itself developed from Ancient Greek γένος meaning race or kind, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- and ǵenh₁-.

biogenic (English): produced by living organisms, or by a biological...

Definitions

  1. produced by living organisms, or by a biological...

Ancestry of “biogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “biogenic”

  • abiogenic
  • biogenicity
  • biogenically
  • nonbiogenic
  • abiogenically
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