The story
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéh₃-w-os
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ōwós
- Ancient Greekζωός (zōós)
- Ancient Greekζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
- Ancient Greekζῷον (zōîon)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- English todayzoology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekζῷον all →
zoonzoonosiszoo-zooecium-zoonzoophagazoothomezooticzooxanthella
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.