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Where does “biologic” come from?

Biologic derives from English biology, from Ancient Greek βίος (life) and λόγος (discourse), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- (to live) and -kos (suffix).

biologic (English): Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living...

Definitions

  1. Biological; pertaining to biology or to a living...

Ancestry of “biologic”, step by step

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

Words derived from “biologic”

  • microbiologic
  • psychobiologic
  • radiobiologic
  • nonbiologic
  • chronobiologic
  • abiologic
  • paleobiologic
  • photobiologic
  • prebiologic
  • palaeobiologic
  • orthobiologic
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