Where does “biosafety” come from?
Biosafety is a modern English compound combining bio- from Ancient Greek βίο-, derived from Ancient Greek βίος meaning life, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós.
biosafety (English): protection from potential harm from biological...
Definitions
- protection from potential harm from biological...
Ancestry of “biosafety”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | safety | The condition or feeling of being safe; security;... |
| 2 | Middle English | savete | Safety, security; being unharmed or unharmable |
| 3 | Old French | sauveté | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | salvitas | — |
| 5 | Latin | salvus | safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *salawos | whole |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂wós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sōlh₂- | mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy |