Where does “symbiont” come from?

Symbiont comes from English syn- combined with Greek biont-, ultimately deriving from Ancient Greek συν- and σύν meaning "with," traced through Proto-Indo-European som- and sem-.

symbiont (English): An organism that lives in a symbiotic...

Definitions

  1. An organism that lives in a symbiotic...

Ancestry of “symbiont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsyn-identical; with, together; concomitant
2Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
3Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
4Proto-Hellenic*ksúnbeside, with

Words derived from “symbiont”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *ksún →Every word from Ancient Greek σῠν- →Every word from Ancient Greek σύν →