Etymology

biosocial

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to both biological and social features. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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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*sekʷ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  9. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  10. Latinsokios
  11. Latinsocius
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinsociāli
  15. Middle Frenchsocia
  16. Englishsocial
  17. English todaybiosocial

From bio- + social.

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