Etymology

biomimicry

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Today it means: The imitation of biological designs or processes in engineering; biomimetics. Full definition →

English mimicry ← Latin mīmicus ← Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Ancient Greekμῖμος (mîmos)
  6. Ancient Greekμῑμικός (mīmikós)
  7. Latinmīmicus
  8. Englishmimic
  9. Englishmimicry
  10. English todaybiomimicry

From bio- + mimicry.

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