Etymology

bioenvironmental

Today it means: Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms Full definition →

English environmental ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French environnement
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  6. Proto-Italic*en
  7. Old Latinen
  8. Latinin
  9. Old Frenchen
  10. Latinvibrāre?
  11. Vulgar Latin*virāre
  12. Old Frenchvirer
  13. Old Frenchviron
  14. Old Frenchenviron
  15. Middle Frenchenviron
  16. Middle Frenchenvironner
  17. Middle Frenchenvironnement
  18. Englishenvironment
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  21. Englishenvironmental
  22. English todaybioenvironmental

From bio- + environmental.

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