The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδυσ-“bad”
- English todaydysbiosis
From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and βίωσις (bíōsis, “way of living”); the intended meaning of the compound word is contrasted with symbiosis - a relationship of mutual benefit. By surface analysis, dys- + -biosis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδυσ- all →
dyslexiadystopiaDesdemonadyscalculiadys-dysgenic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.