myEtymology.com: English etymology of bioregion

Etymology of the English word bioregion

the English word bioregion

derived from the English word region

derived from the Old French word region

derived from the Latin word regio (area, region; neighborhood)

derived from the Latin word regere (rule, guide; manage)

using the Proto-Indo-European prefix reg- (to move in a straight line)

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