Etymology

geobiology

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Today it means: The interdisciplinary study of the interactions between the Earth's biosphere and the lithosphere, which incorporates both geology and biology. Full definition →

English biology ← New Latin biologia ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  7. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. New Latinbiologia
  13. Englishbiology
  14. English todaygeobiology

From geo- + biology.

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