| 【bio】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Greek word(s) "bioun," "bios," "biotos," "biotikos," and "biosis." It carries the basic meaning of "life." from PIE *gwei- "to live" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "bio"]
autobiography ☆[5202] Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
biography **[4279] A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
biological ***[2172] Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things.
biology ***[2631] Biology is the science which is concerned with the study of living things.
[WORD ROOT]root bio
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] bio, bious, biot, bios, be
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) bioun, bios, biotos, biotikos, biosis
[MEANING]root life
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Greek】 bios life
- 【Greek】 biotikos pertaining to life
- 【Greek】 bioun
- 【Greek】 biotos
- 【Greek】 biosis
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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autobiography ☆[5202] noun from biograph 〈 graph
【DEFINITION】 Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
【pl.】 autobiographies
【ROOTs】 ⑴ auto; self, same ⑵ bio; life ⑶ graph; draw, write ⑷ y; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek graphe》 [from graphein] writing, drawing
【First Known Meaning】 a memoir of a person written by himself
【DERIVATIVEs】 autobiographer, autobiography
biography ★★[4279] noun from biograph 〈 graph
【DEFINITION】 A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
【pl.】 biographies
【SYNONYM】 life
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ graph; draw, write ⑶ y; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek graphe》 [from graphein] writing, drawing
biological ★★★[2172] adjective from biology 〈 bio
【DEFINITION】 Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things.
【SYNONYM】 bio
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ log; word, discourse ⑶ ical(ic); adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek bios》 life
【First Known Meaning】 pertaining to the science of life
【DERIVATIVEs】 biologic, biological, biologist, biology
biology ★★★[2631] noun from biology 〈 bio
【DEFINITION】 Biology is the science which is concerned with the study of living things.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ log; word, discourse ⑶ y; suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek bios》 life
【First Known Meaning】 the science of life and living things
【DERIVATIVEs】 biologic, biological, biologist, biology
Other words containing "bio"; abio, abiogenesis, abiotic, aerobic, aerobiology, amphibious, anhydrobiosis, anoxybiosis, antibiosis, antibiotic, antibiotics, astrobiology, autobiographer, bio, biocentric, biocentrism, biochemical, biochemist, biochron, biochronology, biocoenosis, biodegrade, biodiversity, biogenesis, biograph, biographic, biologic, biologically, biologism, biologist, bioluminescent, biome, biomedical, biometric, biomolecule, biomorph, biomorphism, bionics, biophilia, biophysicist, biophysics, biopoiesis, biopolymer, biopsy, biorhythm, bioscience, bioscientist, biosemiotic, biosphere, biostasis, biosynthesis, biota, biotic, biotin, biotope, biotype, biozone, chemobiosis, cryobiosis, cryptobiosis, ectosymbiosis, endosymbiont, endosymbiosis, enterobiasis, exobiology, forebear, macrobiotic, microbe, microbial, microbiologist, microbiology, microbiome, osmobiosis, probiotic
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
bind
bi
bene-, ben-
bell-
bear
be
batt-, bat-
bas- bat-, ba-
bar
bank-, bench
