The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβίοτος“life”
- German · borrowed fromBiotin
- English todaybiotin
Borrowed from German Biotin, from Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”) + the suffix -in.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
biotin
Today it means: A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk, and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems. Full definition →
German Biotin ← Ancient Greek βίοτος