myEtymology.com: English etymology of bioscience

Etymology of the English word bioscience

the English word bioscience

derived from the English word science

derived from the Old French word science

derived from the Latin word scientia (knowledge, science; skill)

derived from the Latin word sciens (conscious of; aware, cognizant)

derived from the Late Latin word scire (know, understand)

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

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