Bio Definition
bīō
bios
noun
A biography.
American Heritage
A biography, often a very brief one.
Webster's New World
A biographical sketch or outline.
American Heritage
Abbreviation of biology.
Wiktionary
prefix
Life; living organism.
Biome.
American Heritage
Biology; biological.
Biophysics.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
Organic life.
Wiktionary
adjective
Biographical.
Webster's New World
affix
Life, of living things, biological.
Biography, biochemistry.
Webster's New World
Origin of Bio
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Gr < bios, life < IE base *gwei-, to live > quick, L vivere, to live, vita, life, OIr biu, living, Gr bioun, to live, zōion, animal
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bios, “life").
From Wiktionary
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Greek from bios life gwei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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