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Where does “biosocial” come from?

Biosocial comes from English social and Ancient Greek βίος, both derived from Proto-Indo-European roots gʷeih₃w- and sekʷ-, meaning life and follow respectively.

biosocial (English): Of or pertaining to both biological and social...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to both biological and social...

Ancestry of “biosocial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsocialBeing extroverted or outgoing; Of or relating to...
2Middle Frenchsocialallied; social
3Latinsociālis—
4Frenchsocialsocial, related to society, community; social,...
5LatinsocialisOf or pertaining to companionship; companionable,...
6Latinsociussharing, joining in, partaking, associated;...
7Ancient Greekπάθοςpain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,...
8Ancient Greekπάσχωto undergo, experience; have someone do something...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

Words derived from “biosocial”

  • biosocially
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