myEtymology.com: English etymology of biohazard

Etymology of the English word biohazard

the English word biohazard

derived from the English word hazard

derived from the Old French word hasard

derived from the Old Spanish word azar

derived from the Arabic word az-zahr

using the Arabic prefix al-

derived from the Classical Arabic word zahr

using the English prefix bio-

derived from the Late Greek word bios, βίος (life; life; the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷei- (to live)

derived from the Greek word phantasma, φάντασμα ((properly concrete) a (mere) show ('phantasm'); spectre)

derived from the Greek word phantazein, φαντάζω (to make apparent; to appear (neuter participle as noun, a spectacle))

derived from the Greek word phantos

derived from the Late Greek word phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bha-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhā-

using the Greek suffix -scope

Word found in Modern English