Etymology of the French word biologie
the French word
biologiederived 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
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of biologie in French dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in French
biologique,
biologiste,
chronobiologie,
microbiologie,
neurobiologie,
biologiser,
biologisme,
agrobiologie,
aérobiologie,
cosmobiologie,
cytobiologie,
ethnobiologie,
exobiologie,
géobiologie,
hydrobiologie,
paléobiologie,
phytobiologie,
potamobiologie,
psychobiologique,
radiumbiologie,
zoobiologie,
électrobiologie,
astrobiologie,
phréatobiologie,
radiobiologie,
sociobiologiqueDerivations in other languages
Romanian
biologieCognates
Dutch
biologie, English
biology, German
Biologie, Italian
biologia, Lithuanian
biologija, Norwegian
biologi, Polish
biologia, Russian
биoлoгия, Swedish
biologi
