ἀμφίβιος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- Living a dual life on land and water: amphibious
- In general: living in two worlds or in two separate manners.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (on both sides, around, on both side) + Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (life).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βῐ́ος
Gloss
life
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
生
Emoji
🧬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biogenesis English
- amphibius Latin
- anfibio Italian
- anfibio Spanish, Castilian
- Ζηνόβιος Ancient Greek
- Ταλθύβιος Ancient Greek
- βῐ́ος Ancient Greek
- Ἀμφίπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἀμφίων Ancient Greek
- Ἀμφιτρύων Ancient Greek
- Ἀναξίβιος Ancient Greek
- ᾰ̓μφῐ́ Ancient Greek
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- anfibio Galician
- anfibiu Corsican