The story
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Frenchadhésif
- Englishadhesive
- English todaybioadhesive
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bioadhesive
Today it means: Any of many gums or other naturally-occurring polymers that act as adhesives Full definition →
English adhesive ← French adhésif ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)