ζωή

Created: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 16:31

Updated: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:34

Lemma: ζωή

Translation: life (noun)

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- meaning 'to live'. This root gave us the Greek prefix 'zoo-' found in many English words like zoology, zoological garden (zoo), and protozoa. The same root appears in words related to biology and living things. The word ζωή specifically refers to the phenomenon of life itself, as opposed to βίος which refers more to the course or way of life.