From Greek benthos 'depth of the sea,' coined in scientific English around 1902 to describe ocean-floor ecology.
Relating to or occurring at the bottom of a body of water, especially the ocean floor.
From Greek benthos 'depth of the sea,' related to bathos 'depth.' Coined by German-born oceanographer Ernst Haeckel in the 1890s as part of his systematic classification of marine ecological zones. Key roots: *gʷendʰ- (Proto-Indo-European: "bottom