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Where does “zoologă” come from?

zoologă (Romanian) comes from Romanian zoolog, from French zoologue, from French zoo-, from Ancient Greek ζῷον, from Proto-Hellenic ďṓyyon, from Proto-Hellenic gʷyōwyon, from Proto-Indo-European gʷyeh₃w-y-om, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.

zoologă (Romanian): female equivalent of zoolog

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of zoolog

Ancestry of “zoologă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianzoologzoologist
2Frenchzoologuezoologist
3Frenchzoo-zoo-
4Ancient Greekζῷονanimal, beast; form, image
5Proto-Hellenicďṓyyonanimal, creature, beast
6Proto-Hellenicgʷyōwyon—
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷyeh₃w-y-om—
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
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