English
aerobicize
Aerobicize comes from French aérobie ‘aerobics’, and goes back to Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaérobie‘aerobics’
- English1500–presentaerobic
- Englishtodayaerobicize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaérobie‘aerobics’
- English1500–presentaerobic
- Englishtodayaerobicize
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
quick, vital, couch, kidney, vitamin, viable, hygiene, vivid, revive, zodiac, vive, vivacious, convivial, biogenesis, wyvern, anaerobic, vivacity, 60 more
through Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’
biology, biography, antibiotic, bios, biotic, biota, 14 more
Today it means
verb To perform aerobics.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek βίος / aerobicize