hexiology 的詞源

"生物的發展和行爲受其環境影響的歷史"，1882年，由英國生物學家聖喬治·傑克遜·米瓦特（1827-1900）創造，源自希臘詞彙 hexis "狀態或習慣"，來自 ekhein "擁有，持有"； 在不及物用法中，意爲"處於特定狀態或條件"（來自 PIE 詞根 *segh- "持有"）。

Every living creature has also relations with other living creatures, which may tend to destroy it, or indirectly to aid it, and the various physical forces and conditions exercise their several influences upon it. The study of all these complex relations to time, space, physical forces, other organisms, and to surrounding conditions generally, constitutes the science of hexicology (hexiology?). [Mivart]

每個生物也與其他生物有關係，這些關係可能會破壞它，或間接地幫助它，各種物理力量和條件對它產生各種影響。研究所有這些複雜的關係，包括時間、空間、物理力量、其他生物和周圍條件等，構成了 hexicology（hexiology？）的科學。[米瓦特]