Where does “biologist” come from?
Biologist comes from English biology, derived from Ancient Greek βίος and λόγος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots gʷeih₃w- and leǵ- meaning life and to speak.
biologist (English): A student of biology; one versed in the science...
Definitions
- A student of biology; one versed in the science...
Ancestry of “biologist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Biology | The study of all life or living matter |
| 2 | New Latin | biologia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “biologist”
- microbiologist
- neurobiologist
- sociobiologist
- astrobiologist
- xenobiologist
- paleobiologist
- psychobiologist
- ethnobiologist
- exobiologist
- radiobiologist
- chronobiologist
- palaeobiologist
- nonbiologist
- cryobiologist
- geobiologist
- immunobiologist
- electrobiologist
- photobiologist
- geomicrobiologist
- hydrobiologist
- aerobiologist
- pathobiologist
- glycobiologist
- phytobiologist