protistology en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English protist Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos 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. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English protistology From protist + -ology.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The scientific study of protists.
Deriveds
protistologist · protistological
Synonyms
Translations (4)
fr protistologie (scientific study of protists) · fi protistologia (scientific study of protists) · cmn 原生生物學 /原生生物学 (scientific study of protists) · pl protistologia (scientific study of protists)