English

exobiotic

From exo- + biotic.

A compound of exo- + biotic

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’

Ancient Greek βιωτικός ‘of life’

Today it means

adj From outside of an organism or from the substrate.

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

Etymograph / exobiotic