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Where does “biologia” come from?

biologia (Italian) comes from Italian -logia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

biologia (Italian): biology

Definitions

  1. biology

Ancestry of “biologia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-logia-logy
2Latin-logia-logy; the study of
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “biologia”

  • criobiologia
  • archeobiologia
  • xenobiologia
  • geobiologia
  • microbiologia
  • elettrobiologia
  • allobiologico
  • psicobiologia
  • allobiologia
  • biologico
  • sociobiologico
  • paleobiologia
  • etnobiologia
  • neurobiologismo
  • biologie
  • talassobiologia
  • neurobiologia
  • neurobiologico
  • sociobiologia
  • fotobiologia
  • microbiologico
  • citobiologico
  • fitobiologia
  • psicobiologico
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