ENGLISH ROOT WORD: bio from Greek bioun, bios, biotos, biotikos, biosis

【bio】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "life"
from Greek "bioun, bios, biotos, biotikos, biosis"from PIE *gwei- "to live"

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[WORD ROOT]root bio
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] bio, bios, biot
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) bioun, bios, biotos, biotikos, biosis
[MEANING]root life

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 bios life
• 【Greek】 biotikos pertaining to life
• 【Greek】 bioun
• 【Greek】 biotos
• 【Greek】 biosis

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

abiogenesis, abiotic, aerobic, aerobiology, amphibious, antibiosis, antibiotic, antibiotics, autobiography, bio, biocentric, biochronology, biogenesis, biograph, biography, biological, biologically, biologist, biology, bionics, biophilia, biopsy, biotic, biotin, microbiologist, microbiology

 

 

 

 

 

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

abiogenesis [noun] from genesis < gene
【DEFINITION】 Also called : autogenesis the hypothetical process by which living organisms first arose on earth from nonliving matter
【PRIMARY MEANING】 spontaneous generation
【ROOTs】 ⑴ a; prefix ⑵ bio; life ⑶ gene(gen); birth, beget ⑷ sis; -

abiotic [adjective] from abio < bio
【ANTONYM】 biotic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ a; prefix ⑵ biot(bio); life ⑶ ic; adjective suffix

aerobic [adjective] from aerobics < bio
【DEFINITION】 Aerobic activity exercises and strengthens your heart and lungs.
【DERIVATIVEs】 aerobic, aerobically, aerobicist, aerobics
【ANTONYM】 anaerobic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ aero; air ⑵ bio; life ⑶ ic; adjective suffix

aerobiology [noun] from biology < bio
【DEFINITION】 the study of airborne organisms, spores, etc
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ aero; air, mist, atmosphere ⑵ bio; life ⑶ logy(log); word, discourse

amphibious [adjective] from amphibious < bio
【DEFINITION】 In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
【DERIVATIVEs】 amphibiously, amphibiousness, amphibious
【ROOTs】 ⑴ amphi(amph); both, on both sides of ⑵ bios(bio); life

antibiosis [noun] from antibiosis < bio
【DEFINITION】 an association between two organisms, esp microorganisms, that is harmful to one of them
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ anti; against ⑵ bio; life ⑶ sis; -

antibiotic [noun] from antibiotic < bio
【DEFINITION】 Antibiotics are medical drugs used to kill bacteria and treat infections.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 antibiotically, antibiotics, antibiotic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ anti; against ⑵ biot(bio); life ⑶ ic; adjective suffix

 

 

 

 

 

 

antibiotics [noun] from antibiotic < bio
【DERIVATIVEs】 antibiotically, antibiotics, antibiotic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ anti; against ⑵ biot(bio); life ⑶ ics; noun suffix

autobiography [noun] from biograph < graph
【DEFINITION】 Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 a memoir of a person written by himself
【pl.】 autobiographies
【DERIVATIVEs】 autobiographer, autobiography
【ROOTs】 ⑴ auto; self, same ⑵ bio; life ⑶ graph; draw, write ⑷ y; noun suffix

bio [noun] from bio
【DEFINITION】 short for biography
【pl.】 bioes
【ROOTs】 bio; life

biocentric [adjective] from biocentric < bio
【PRIMARY MEANING】 treating life as a central fact,
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ centr(center); ⑶ ic; adjective suffix

biochronology [noun] from chronology < chrono
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ chrono; ⑶ logy(log); word, discourse

biogenesis [noun] from genesis < gene
【DEFINITION】 the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself Compare abiogenesis
【PRIMARY MEANING】 theory that living organisms arise only from the agency of pre-existing living organisms
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ gene(gen); birth, beget ⑶ sis; -

biograph [noun] from biograph < graph
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; ⑵ graph; draw, write

biography [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

biological [adjective] from biology < bio
【DEFINITION】 Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 pertaining to the science of life
【DERIVATIVEs】 biologic, biological, biologist, biology
【SYNONYM】 bio
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ log; word, discourse ⑶ ical(ic); adjective suffix

biologically [adverb] from biology < bio
【DEFINITION】 biological + ly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ log; word, discourse ⑶ ical(ic); adjective suffix ⑷ ly; adverb suffix

 

 

 

 

 

 

biologist [noun] from biology < bio
【DEFINITION】 biology + ist
【DERIVATIVEs】 biologic, biological, biologist, biology
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ log; word, discourse ⑶ ist; noun suffix

biology [noun] from biology < bio
【DEFINITION】 Biology is the science which is concerned with the study of living things.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 the science of life and living things
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 biologic, biological, biologist, biology
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ log; word, discourse ⑶ y; suffix

bionics [noun] from bionics < bio
【DEFINITION】 the study of certain biological functions, esp those relating to the brain, that are applicable to the development of electronic equipment, such as computer hardware, designed to operate in a similar manner
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ nics(onics); -

biophilia [noun] from biophilia < bio
【DEFINITION】 an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bio; life ⑵ philia(phil); lover, friendly

biopsy [noun] from biopsy < bio
【DEFINITION】 A biopsy is the removal and examination of fluids or tissue from a patient's body in order to discover why they are ill.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 examination of tissue removed from a living body
【pl.】 biopsies
【DERIVATIVEs】 bioptic, biopsy
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ops(opt); choose ⑵ bio; life

biotic [adjective] from biotic < bio
【DEFINITION】 of or relating to living organisms
【PRIMARY MEANING】 pertaining to life
【ANTONYM】 abiotic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ biot(bio); life ⑵ ic; adjective suffix

biotin [noun] from biotin < bio
【DEFINITION】 a vitamin of the B complex, abundant in egg yolk and liver, deficiency of which causes dermatitis and loss of hair. Formula: C 10H 16N 2O 3S See also avidin
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ biot(bio); life ⑵ in(ine); suffix

microbiologist [noun] from microbiology < bio
【pl.】 microbiologists
【DERIVATIVEs】 microbiologic, microbiological, microbiologically, microbiologist, microbiology
【ROOTs】 ⑴ micro; - ⑵ bio; life ⑶ logist; -

microbiology [noun] from biology < bio
【DEFINITION】 Microbiology is the branch of biology which is concerned with very small living things such as bacteria and their effects on people.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 microbiologic, microbiological, microbiologically, microbiologist, microbiology
【ROOTs】 ⑴ micro; - ⑵ bio; life ⑶ logy(log); word, discourse

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other word list containing bio; biocentrism, anhydrobiosis, anoxybiosis, astrobiology, biochron, biocoenosis, biographic, biologism, biome, biometric, biomorph, biomorphism, biophysicist, biophysics, biopoiesis, biopolymer, biorhythm, biosemiotic, biosphere, biostasis, biosynthesis, biota, biotope, biotype, biozone, chemobiosis, cryobiosis, cryptobiosis, ectosymbiosis, endosymbiont, endosymbiosis, enterobiasis, exobiology, macrobiotic, osmobiosis, probiotic, abio

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

band
bib-
bi
batt-, bat-
bene-, ben-
anim-
apt-
anni-, ann-, enn-
academ-
bas- bat-, ba-

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