Etymology

biologist

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Today it means: A student or professor of biology; one versed in the science of biology. Full definition →

English biology ← New Latin biologia ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. New Latinbiologia
  8. Englishbiology
  9. English todaybiologist

From biology + -ist.

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