Explain the role of Latin and Greek names in Biology.

Explanation

1. Knowledge of prefixes and suffixes is biology makes it easy to understand unfamiliar words. Biology involve lot of descriptive works and it is easy to adopt names from Greek and Latin.
Many words used in Biology are derived from Greek or Latin.
Eg, 'autos' is greek word which means self.

Autophagy means self destruction
Autograph means manufacture of own food.
'bis' is a latin word which means twice.
Binary fissin, Biscuspid valve are Biological terms based on this.
Meaning:
Binary fission- Divide in two
Biscuspid -Two flaps.
2. Usage of Greek and Latin words also finds universal application.