Where does “biomedical” come from?
Biomedical comes from English medical combined with Ancient Greek βίο- (from βίος, meaning life), ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European med- and gʷeih₃w-.
biomedical (English): Of or pertaining to biomedicine; A product of the...
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- Of or pertaining to biomedicine; A product of the...
Ancestry of “biomedical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bio- | life; organic life |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βίο- | — |
| 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 |