myEtymology.com: English etymology of biosensor

Etymology of the English word biosensor

the English word biosensor

derived from the English word sensor

derived from the English word sense

derived from the Old French word sens

derived from the Latin word sensus (feeling, sense)

derived from the Latin word sentire (perceive, feel, experience)

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

using the English suffix -or

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