noun, feminine/bjɔ.lɔ.ʒi/plural: biologies
biology
Related: microbiologie, scotobiologie
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”).