'non-bio' originates from English, formed by combining the prefix 'non-' (meaning 'not') and 'bio', a short form of 'biological' ultimately from Greek 'bios' meaning 'life'.

'bio' comes from Greek 'bios' → Latin/Modern formation 'biological' → abbreviated as 'bio' in modern usage; the negating prefix 'non-' (from Latin 'non') was attached to create the compound 'non-bio', a late 20th-century commercial/consumer term particularly used for laundry products.

Initially the elements meant 'not life' or 'not biological' in a general sense, but the compound 'non-bio' evolved to specifically mean 'not containing biological enzymes', especially in the context of detergents; this specialized consumer meaning is now standard.