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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromζωϊκός
- English todayzoic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζωϊκός (zōïkós), from ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζωϊκός all →
-zoic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
zoic
Today it means: Showing traces of life; containing organic remains. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ζωϊκός