Etymology

biomarker

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Today it means: A substance used as an indicator of a biological state, most commonly disease. Full definition →

English marker ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishmark
  6. Englishmarker
  7. English todaybiomarker

From bio- + marker.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.