Question

The word- Biology has been derived from the word.
A. Latin
B. English
C. Greek
D. France

Answer 1

Hint: Biology is the study of living beings. The word ‘Biology’ came from two separate words of an ancient language. Those two words are: ‘bios’ and ‘logos’.

Complete answer: Biology is a branch of science that involves studies of life and living beings. It also includes physical structures, development, and evolution, biochemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological processes, etc. Though these subjects are quite complex on their own, because of being inter-disciplinary, these are considered to be parts of a single coherent field –biology. These days, biology is often referred to as ‘biological sciences’.
The word ‘Biology’ is obtained from the words of the ancient Greek language. The Greek words ‘Bios’ means ‘life’ and ‘logos’ means ‘to study’ or simple ‘study’.

Additional information: There are 3 major branches of biology – botany, zoology, and microbiology.
1. Botany is the branch of biology which deals with the study of different aspects of plants or flora. Theophrastus is called as the father of Botany.
2. Zoology is the branch of biology connected with the study of different aspects of animals or fauna.
3. Microbiology is the study of microorganisms.

So, the correct option is C. Greek.

Note: We often notice that the scientific terms, especially scientific names include words from ancient languages such as ancient Greek, Latin, etc. The reason behind it is, these are stagnant languages which do not get transformed due to less or no use as official languages.