Where does “physiology” come from?
Physiology derives from French physiologie, from Latin physiologia, from Ancient Greek φυσιολογία, combining φύσις (nature) and λόγος (discourse), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-.
physiology (English): A branch of biology that deals with the functions...
Definitions
- A branch of biology that deals with the functions...
Ancestry of “physiology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | physiologie | physiology |
| 2 | Latin | physiologia | physiology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φυσιολογία | natural philosophy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “physiology”
- pathophysiology
- neurophysiology
- electrophysiology
- psychophysiology
- ecophysiology
- ethnophysiology
- geophysiology
- neuropathophysiology
- sociophysiology
- histophysiology
- immunophysiology
- microphysiology
- thermophysiology
- zoophysiology
- neuropsychophysiology
- morphophysiology
- photophysiology
- geophysiologist
- cytophysiology
- physiologize
- aesthophysiology
- phytophysiology
- palaeophysiology
- paleophysiology