Greco-Latin prefixes in the English biotechnological terminology

Abstract

The article considers the English terminology of the biotechnological sublanguage which feature is availability of a large number of terms formed by the prefixes of the Greek and Latin origin. The author substantiates the relevance of the topic. The author investigates the prefix way of word formation of the English terms in the professional language of biotechnology, analyses the prefixes of the Greek and Latin origin, their influence on the formation of English biotechnological terms and the most productive international terminological word components, which are included into the structure of compound words of the English biotechnological terminology.

Keywords

• Latin
• Greek
• biotechnological terminology
• term creation
• Latin and Greek prefixes