Etymology of the English word biology
the English word
biologyusing the Greek suffix
-logos, -λόγος
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the French word
biologyderived from the German word
Biologieusing the Late Greek suffix
-logia, -λογία
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Greek prefix
bio-, βιο-
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)
Derivations in English
agrobiology,
astrobiology,
biological,
biologism,
biologist,
bionics,
chronobiology,
cryobiology,
electrobiology,
ethnobiology,
exobiology,
hydrobiology,
immunobiology,
microbiology,
paleobiology,
photobiology,
phytobiology,
radiobiology,
sociobiology,
endocytobiologyCognates
Dutch
biologie, French
biologie, German
Biologie, Italian
biologia, Lithuanian
biologija, Norwegian
biologi, Polish
biologia, Russian
биoлoгия, Swedish
biologiUsage
Word found in Modern English
