Biotic Definition
bī-ŏtĭk
adjective
Of or having to do with life or living organisms.
American Heritage
Of life or living things, or caused by living organisms.
Webster's New World
Relating to or having to do with life or living organisms.
American Heritage Medicine
Produced or caused by living organisms.
American Heritage Medicine
suffix
A mode of living.
Endobiotic.
American Heritage
Used to form adjectives describing a method of living.
Wiktionary
Used to form nouns describing organisms having a specified method of living.
Wiktionary
affix
Of or having a (specified) way of living.
Photobiotic.
Webster's New World
Origin of Biotic
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Probably Greek biōtikos from biōtos life from bioun to live from bios life gwei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Probably New Latin -biōticus from Greek biōtikos biotic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikos, “of life”), from βίος (bios, “life”).
From Wiktionary
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