Etymology

abiosis

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Today it means: The absence of life. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀ-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“not, without, opposite of”
  2. English todayabiosis

From abio- + -osis; from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without, opposite of”), βίος (bíos, “life”), and -ωσις (-ōsis, “action, process, condition”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀ- all →

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