Etymology

-biotic

Today it means: Used to form adjectives describing a method of living. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βιωτικός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromβιωτικός“of life”
  2. English today-biotic

From Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”).

Words from the same roots

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