Etymology

biocharacter

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Today it means: A defining characteristic of an organism or group of organisms Full definition →

English character ← Middle English caracter ← Old French caractere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  6. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  7. Latincharactēr
  8. Old Frenchcaractere
  9. Middle Englishcaracter
  10. Englishcharacter
  11. English todaybiocharacter

From bio- + character.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.