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Where does “cryobiology” come from?

cryobiology (English) comes from English Biology, from New Latin biologia, from Ancient Greek βίος, from Ancient Greek Γένεσις, from Proto-Hellenic génetis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

cryobiology (English): the study of the effects of low temperature on...

Definitions

  1. the study of the effects of low temperature on...

Ancestry of “cryobiology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBiology—
2New Latinbiologia—
3Ancient Greekβίοςlife
4Ancient GreekΓένεσις—
5Proto-Hellenicgénetisorigin, source
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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