Etymology

biorepository

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Today it means: a long-term storage and conservation facility for biological specimens Full definition →

English repository ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishrepository
  6. English todaybiorepository

From bio- + repository.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.