Etymology of the English word symbiosis
the English word
symbiosisderived from the New Latin word
symbiosis (symbiosis)
derived from the Greek word
sumbiosis, συμβίωσις
derived from the Greek word
sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
derived from the Greek word
bioo, βιόω (to spend existence)
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)
Date
The earliest known usage of symbiosis in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
endosymbiosis,
antibiosisCognates
Dutch
symbiose, French
symbiose, German
Symbiose, Norwegian
symbiose, Swedish
symbiosUsage
Word found in Modern English
