Where does “eksobiologia” come from?
eksobiologia (Finnish) comes from English exobiology, from English exo-, from Ancient Greek ἔξω, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
eksobiologia (Finnish): exobiology
Definitions
- exobiology
Ancestry of “eksobiologia”, step by step
eksobiologia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exobiology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exobiology | The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms from... |
| 2 | English | exo- | outside; external |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔξω | out, out of; outside; without, except |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Finnish biologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | biologia | biology; Partitive singular form of biologi |
| 2 | Finnish | -logia | -logy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |