Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

Origin and history of biotin

biotin(n.)

vitamin of the B group (also sometimes calledvitamin H) essential for the growth of yeast, 1936, from GermanBiotin (1936), from Greekbiotos "life" (variant ofbios, from PIE root*gwei- "to live") + chemical suffix-in (2).

also from 1936

Entries linking to biotin

*gwei-

also*gweie-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to live."

It might form all or part of:abiogenesis;aerobic;amphibian;anaerobic;azo-;azoic;azotemia;bio-;biography;biology;biome;bionics;biopsy;biota;biotic;cenobite;Cenozoic;convivial;couch (n.2) "grass;"epizoic;epizoon;epizootic;macrobiotic;Mesozoic;microbe;Protozoa;protozoic;quick;quicken;quicksand;quicksilver;quiver (v.) "to tremble;"revive;survive;symbiosis;viable;viand;viper;vita;vital;vitamin;victuals;viva;vivace;vivacious;vivarium;vivid;vivify;viviparous;vivisection;whiskey;wyvern;zodiac;Zoe;zoetrope;zoic;zoo-;zoolatry;zoology;zoon;zoophilia;zoophobia;zooplankton.

It might also be the source of: Sanskritjivah "alive, living;" Old Persian*jivaka- "alive," Middle Persianzhiwak "alive;" Greekbios "one's life, course or way of living, lifetime,"zoe "animal life, organic life;" Old Englishcwic,cwicu "living, alive;" Latinvivus "living, alive,"vita "life;" Old Church Slavoniczivo "to live;" Lithuaniangyvas "living, alive,"gyvata "(eternal) life;" Old Irishbethu "life,"bith "age;" Welshbyd "world."

-in(2)

word-forming element in chemistry, usually indicating a neutral substance, antibiotic, vitamin, or hormone; a modification and specialized use of-ine (2).

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

Trends of biotin

adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/ with a 7-year moving average; ngrams are probably unreliable.

More to explore

second letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to Greek beta, Phoenician beth, literally "house." It "has nothing of that variety of pronunciation shown by most English letters" [Century Dictionary]. The Germanic "b" is said to represent a "bh" sound in Proto-Indo-European, w

vitamin

1920, originally vitamine (1912) coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk (1884-1967), from Latin vita "life" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live") + amine, because they were thought to contain amino acids. The terminal -e formally was stripped off when scientists learned the true nat

boggle

1590s, "to start with fright (as a startled horse does), shy, take alarm," from Middle English bugge "specter" (among other things, supposed to scare horses at night); see bug (n.); also compare bogey (n.1), boggart. The meaning " hesitate, stop as if afraid to proceed in fear of

coach

1550s, "large kind of four-wheeled, covered carriage," from French coche (16c.), from German kotsche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) "(carriage) of Kocs," village where it was first made. In Hungary, the thing and the name for it date from 15c., and forms are found since 16c. in m

stoop

Middle English stoupen, "bend forward and downward," especially of persons "lower the body by bending forward," from Old English stupian "to bow, bend," from Proto-Germanic *stupojanan (source also of Middle Dutch stupen "to bow, bend," Norwegian stupa "fall, drop"), perhaps from

grief

early 13c., "hardship, suffering, pain, bodily affliction," from Old French grief "wrong, grievance, injustice, misfortune, calamity" (13c.), from grever "afflict, burden, oppress," from Latin gravare "make heavy; cause grief," from gravis "weighty" (from PIE root *gwere- (1) "he

Annuit Coeptis

words on the Great Seal of the United States of America, condensed by Charles Thompson, designer of the seal in its final form, from Latin Juppiter omnipotes, audacibus annue coeptis "All-powerful Jupiter favor (my) daring undertakings," line 625 of book IX of Virgil's "Aeneid."

abound

"be in great plenty," early 14c., from Old French abonder "to abound, be abundant, come together in great numbers" (12c.), from Latin abundare "overflow, run over," from Latin ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + undare "rise in a wave," from unda "a wave" (from PIE *unda-, nasalized

manipulation

by 1730, a method of digging ore, from French manipulation, from manipule "handful" (a pharmacists' measure), from Latin manipulus "handful, sheaf, bundle," from manus "hand" (from PIE root *man- (2) "hand") + root of plere "to fill" (from PIE root *pele- (1) "to fill"). Sense of

dissertation

1610s, "discussion, debate" (a sense now obsolete), from Late Latin dissertationem (nominative dissertatio) "discourse," noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin dissertare "debate, argue, examine, harangue," frequentative of disserere "discuss, examine," from dis- "apar

Sharebiotin

Page URL:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/biotin

HTML Link:

<a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/biotin">Etymology of biotin by etymonline</a>

APA Style:

Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of biotin. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved April 1, 2025, from https://www.etymonline.com/word/biotin

Chicago Style:

Harper Douglas, "Etymology of biotin," Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed April 1, 2025, https://www.etymonline.com/word/biotin.

MLA Style:

Harper, Douglas. "Etymology of biotin." Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/biotin. Accessed 1 April, 2025.

IEEE Style:

D. Harper. "Etymology of biotin." Online Etymology Dictionary. https://www.etymonline.com/word/biotin (accessed April 1, 2025).

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

Trending

Dictionary entries nearbiotin

Want to remove ads?Log in to see fewer ads, and become aPremium Member to remove all ads.

Movatterモバイル変換

Origin and history of biotin

biotin(n.)

Entries linking to biotin

Trends of biotin

More to explore

Sharebiotin