English
panbiotism
Panbiotism comes from Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893panbiotism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893panbiotism
Earliest quotation: 1893, Paul Carus, Panpsychism and Panbiotism: “Not being able to accept Professor Haeckel's doctrine of…”
Formed from pan ‘all’
Proto-Germanic *pannǭ
Proto-West Germanic *pannā
Old English panne ‘pan’
Middle English panne ‘pan’
English pan
The story
Initially coined by Paul Carus in contradistinction with Ernst Haeckel's panpsychism, the belief all physical matter is ensouled.
Linked words
through Proto-Hellenic *gʷīwos
through Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’
biology, biography, bios, antibiotic, biotic, biota, 14 more
Today it means
noun Synonym of hylozoism, the belief that all physical matter is alive in some sense.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek βίος / panbiotism