English
aerobe
Aerobe comes from French aérobie ‘aerobics’, and goes back to Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaérobie‘aerobics’
- Englishtodayaerobe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaérobie‘aerobics’
- Englishtodayaerobe
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
quick, vital, couch, kidney, vitamin, viable, hygiene, vivid, revive, zodiac, vive, vivacious, biogenesis, convivial, vivacity, anaerobic, wyvern, 60 more
through Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’
biology, biography, antibiotic, bios, biotic, biota, 14 more
Today it means
noun Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek βίος / aerobe