myEtymology.com: English etymology of biot-

Etymology of the English prefix biot-

the English prefix biot-

derived from the Greek word biote

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)

using the Greek suffix -in