Etymology

extremophilic

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Today it means: Of, or pertaining to the extremophiles Full definition →

English extremophile ← Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos) ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s
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The story

  1. Englishextreme
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-o-s
  4. Ancient Greekφίλος (phílos)
  5. Englishextremophile
  6. English todayextremophilic

From extremophile + -ic.

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