Etymology

mesology

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Today it means: The study of the mutual interrelationships between organisms and their environment; branch of biology; former term for ecology. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μέσος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέσος“meso-, middle”
  2. English todaymesology

From meso- + -logy; a compound with components derived from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “meso-, middle”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”). The term arose in various European languages c. 1850, but did not exist in Ancient Greek.

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