English

agrobiology

From agro- + biology.

A compound of agro- + biology

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agro-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’

New Latin biologia ‘biology’

Today it means

noun The science of plant life and nutrition.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agrobiology