WIKIPEDIA:
The
term biology
is derived from the Greek
word βίος,
bios, "life"
and the suffix -λογία,
-logia, "study of." [4]The
Latin form of the term first appeared in 1736 when Linnaeus (Carl von
Linné) used biologi in his Bibliotheca botanica.
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY:
- biology (n.)
- 1819, from Gk. bios "life" (see bio-) + -logy. Suggested 1802 by German naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776-1837), and introduced as a scientific term that year in French by Lamarck.
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