biologie

Senso (Inglese)

biology

Con trattino come

bio‧lo‧gie

Genere

♀️ Femminile

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bjɔ.lɔ.ʒi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

As a French word, coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1802. Possibly formed as bio- + -logie. Possibly borrowed from German Biologie or New Latin biologia. In any case, derived from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”).