Etymology

zootic

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Today it means: relating to animals or obtained from animal substances Full definition →

Ancient Greek ζῷον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromζῷον“animal”
  2. English todayzootic

From zoo- + -otic. From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekζῷον all →

zoologyzoonzoonosiszoo-zooecium-zoonzoophagazoothomezooxanthella

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.