Etymology

agrobiology

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Today it means: The science of plant life and nutrition. Full definition →

English biology ← New Latin biologia ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  3. Proto-Italic*agros
  4. Latinager
  5. Englishagro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  7. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. New Latinbiologia
  13. Englishbiology
  14. English todayagrobiology

From agro- + biology.

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