Etymology

bioscience

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Today it means: Any of several sciences that deal with living organisms Full definition →

English science ← Middle English science ← Old French science
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  7. Latinsciō
  8. Latinsciēns
  9. Latinscientia
  10. Old Frenchscience
  11. Middle Englishscience
  12. Englishscience
  13. English todaybioscience

From bio- + science.

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