nonbiological

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English non-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.

New Latin -logia

New Latin biologialbor.

English biology

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Middle English -ical

English -ical

English biological

English nonbiological

nonbiological (not comparable)

Not biological; not consisting of a biological substance or substances.
Near-synonym: abiotic

nonbiological washing powder
(Of a relation) not according to parentage or ancestry; not based on biological kinship; by marriage, adoption, close friendship, etc.
nonbiological father/mother