Where does “zoology” come from?
Zoology comes from Ancient Greek ζῷον, from Proto-Hellenic ďṓyyon, gʷyṓwyon, and Proto-Indo-European gʷyeh₃w-y-om, gʷeyh₃-, gʷih₃wós, and gʷeih₃w-, meaning living creature.
zoology (English): The part of biology relating to the animal...
Definitions
- The part of biology relating to the animal...
Ancestry of “zoology”, step by step
Words derived from “zoology”
- zoological
- zoologist
- zoologically
- cryptozoology
- cryptozoologist
- archaeozoological
- archaeozoology
- cryptozoological
- paleozoology
- paleozoologist
- ethnozoology
- paleozoological
- protozoologist
- archaeozoologist
- ethnozoological
- epizoology
- protozoological
- palaeozoologist
- bryozoology
- nonzoological
- mastozoology
- archeozoology
- anthrozoology
- xenozoology