abiotic

Meanings

Adjective

• Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
• Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life.

Noun

• Any such material

Origin

• First attested in 1874. From a- + biotic, the first element from Ancient Greek ἀ- and the second from Ancient Greek βιωτικός ("of life"), from βίος + --ῐκός.