English
biologist
From biology + -ist.
A compound of biology + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’
New Latin biologia ‘biology’
English biology
Today it means
noun A student or professor of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
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Etymograph / biologist