What affect does linguistics have on biology?

Question

Or does biology have an affect on linguistics?

Answer 1

Well, most of science, especially biology and medical terminology have to do with words from languages such as latin and greek. Therefore linguistics, the scientific study of language, is essential to understanding how things are named in science. Without linguistics one would not know why a Eukaryote is called a Eukaryote. The word "Eu" means true in Greek, and Karyo means nut in Greek; and that's how they got Eukaryote, which means a "single-celled or multicellular organism whose cells contain a distinct membrane-bound nucleus" See the importance of linguistics in biology?

Answer 2

Not that much, I would think... but biology has a profound effect on linguistics. A large component of language formation is the range of sounds that humans are biologically capable of making.

Answer 3

Not much... other than the fact that you won't have all those special names for all those gross body parts...