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βίος

bíos

life

21 words in English grow from this root.

Aerobic

Science
ἀήρaḗr

living in air

Aerobics

Sport
ἀήρaḗr

air life

Amphibian

Nature
ἀμφίamphí

living a double life

Amphibious

Nature
ἀμφίamphí

of both lives

Anaerobic

Science
ἀν-an-

life without air

Astrobiology

Earth
ἄστρονástron

study of star life

Autobiography

Words
αὐτόςautós

self-life-writing

Biography

Words
βίοςbíos

life-writing

Biology

Science
βίοςbíos

the study of life

Biomass

Nature
βίοςbíos

life lump

Biome

Nature
βίοςbíos

the whole body of life

Biomechanics

Science
βίοςbíos

life machinery

Biometrics

Number
βίοςbíos

measurement of life

Biopsy

Medicine
βίοςbíos

viewing the living

Biosphere

Nature
βίοςbíos

life sphere

Dendrobium

Nature
δένδρονdéndron

life on a tree

Exobiology

Earth
ἔξωéxō

study of outside life

Macrobiotic

Everyday
μακρόςmakrós

long-lived

Microbe

Medicine
μικρόςmikrós

small life

Microbiology

Science
μικρόςmikrós

study of small life

Zenobia

Everyday
ΖηνόςZēnós

life of Zeus