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zoon
Greek · ancient
"animal, living being"
animal, living being
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zoologia
New Latin · 1600s
"the study of animals"
formed from Greek zoon (animal) and -logia (study of)
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zoology
English · 1660s
"the scientific study of animals"
settled as the English word for the scientific study of animals
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