zoological

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os

Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ōwós

Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós)

Ancient Greek ζώς (zṓs)

Proto-Indo-European *-yóm

Proto-Hellenic

Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)

Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)

Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos

Proto-Hellenic *lógos

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

English zoology

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

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 zoological

From zoology + -ical.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zəʊəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/, (nonstandard) /zuːəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
(General American) IPA^(key): /zoʊəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/, (nonstandard) /zuəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/
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Adjective

zoological (comparative more zoological, superlative most zoological)

Of, or relating to, animals.
Of, or relating to, zoology.

Derived terms

Translations

of, or relating to animals

Armenian: կենդանաբանական (hy) (kendanabanakan)
Bulgarian: животински (bg) (životinski)
Catalan: zoològic
Finnish: eläintieteellinen (fi)
Galician: zoolóxico (gl)
German: zoologisch (de)
Greek: ζωολογικός (el) (zoologikós)
Hungarian: állati (hu), állat- (hu)
Italian: zoologico (it)
Japanese: 動物学の (ja) (dōbutsugaku no)
Latvian: zooloģisks
Polish: zoologiczny (pl)
Portuguese: zoológico (pt)
Russian: зоологи́ческий (ru) (zoologíčeskij), живо́тный (ru) (živótnyj)
Slovene: živálski, zoolóški
Spanish: zoológico (es)
Swedish: zoologisk (sv)
Tagalog: dalubhayupin
Turkish: zoolojik (tr)
Yiddish: זאָאָלאָגיש (zoologish)

of, or relating to zoology

Armenian: կենդանաբանական (hy) (kendanabanakan)
Bulgarian: зоологи́чески (zoologíčeski)
Catalan: zoològic
Danish: zoologisk n
Dutch: zoölogisch (nl)
Estonian: zooloogiline (et)
Finnish: eläintieteellinen (fi)
French: zoologique (fr)
Galician: zoolóxico (gl)
German: zoologisch (de)
Greek: ζωολογικός (el) (zoologikós)
Hungarian: állattani (hu), zoológiai (hu)
Ido: zoologiala (io)
Italian: zoologico (it)
Japanese: 動物学の (ja) (dōbutsugaku no)
Kazakh: зоологиялық (zoologıyalıq), жануартанулық (januwartanuwlıq)
Latvian: zooloģisks
Norwegian:
Bokmål: zoologisk

Nynorsk: zoologisk
Occitan: zoologic (oc)
Polish: zoologiczny (pl)
Portuguese: zoológico (pt)
Romanian: zoologic (ro)
Russian: зоологи́ческий (ru) (zoologíčeskij)
Slovene: zoolóški
Spanish: zoológico (es)
Tagalog: dalubhayupin
Turkish: zoolojik (tr)
Yiddish: זאָאָלאָגיש (zoologish)