English Explanatory Dictionary

-obe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Indicating a life-form, often microscopic

Word forms

-obe

Etymology

Abstracted from aerobe and microbe, both formed in French using the Ancient Greek word βίος (bíos, “life”).

Related words

-biont -biotic -biosis bio-

Derived words

-obic -obite -obious
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