bioscience
/bˌaɪoʊsˈaɪəns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.50 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English bioscience From bio- + science.