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bio-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bio"

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

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bio-

  1. life
    Antonym: thanato-
  2. organic life
  3. biological
    biochild; biodad; biofamily; biofather; biokid; biomom; biomother; bioparent; biosib; biosibling; bioson

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  • (animal life in particular): zoo-

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

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bio-

  1. bio-

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Catalan terms prefixed with bio-

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

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bio-

  1. bio-

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Czech terms prefixed with bio-

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  • “bio-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • bio- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

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bio-

  1. bio- (concerning or associated with life)

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.oː/
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bio-

  1. (pertaining to) life

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbio]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: bi‧o

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bio-

  1. bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎genezo (“genesis”) → ‎biogenezo (“biogenesis”)
    ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎diverseco (“diversity”) → ‎biodiverseco (“biodiversity”)
    ‎bio- + ‎industrio (“industry”) → ‎bioindustrio (“bioindustry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎maso (“mass”) → ‎biomaso (“biomass”)
    ‎bio- + ‎sintezo (“synthesis”) → ‎biosintezo (“biosynthesis”)
    ‎bio- + ‎tekniko (“technique”) → ‎biotekniko (“biotechnique”)

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbio-/, [ˈbio̞-]

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bio-

  1. bio-

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French

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bio-

  1. life

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

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bio-

  1. bio-

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German

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bio-

  1. life
  2. organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly

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German terms prefixed with bio-
life
organically

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).[1]

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bio-

  1. (noun prefix) bio- (pertaining to life)

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Hungarian nouns prefixed with bio-

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Ido

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Borrowed from English bio-, French bio-, German bio-, Italian bio-, Spanish bio-, Portuguese bio-, French bio-, Portuguese bio-, English bio-, Russian био- (bio-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

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bio-

  1. (neologism) bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

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bio-

  1. bio-: (organic) life.

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Irish

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bio-

  1. Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bio- bhio- mbio-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

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From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

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bio-

  1. bio- (life)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

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bio-

  1. bio-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

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bio-

  1. bio-

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Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with bio-

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).

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  • IPA(key): /bjɔ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

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bio-

  1. bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎geografia → ‎biogeografia

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  • bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos). Doublet of zoo-.

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bio-

  1. bio- (indicates life)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

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bio-

  1. bio-

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Swedish

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bio-

  1. bio-; pertaining to life

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From English bio-.

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bio-

  1. bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → ‎bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)
    ‎bio- + ‎cemeg (“chemistry”) → ‎biocemeg (“biochemistry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎diraddio (“to degrade”) → ‎bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)
    ‎bio- + ‎-leg (“-logy”) → ‎bioleg (“biology”)

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Welsh terms prefixed with bio-

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Mutated forms of bio-
radical soft nasal aspirate
bio- fio- mio- unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bio-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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