Where does “microbiology” come from?
Microbiology derives from English micro- plus biology, which comes from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, "life") and λόγος (lógos, "word" or "study"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- and leǵ-.
microbiology (English): The branch of biology that deals with...
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- The branch of biology that deals with...
Ancestry of “microbiology”, 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 |