English
anaerobic
Anaerobic comes from French anaérobie, and goes back to Ancient Greek βῐ́ος ‘life’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβῐ́οςbĭ́os‘life’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanaérobie
- Englishtodayanaerobic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβῐ́οςbĭ́os‘life’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanaérobie
- Englishtodayanaerobic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
quick, vital, couch, biology, kidney, vitamin, viable, hygiene, vivid, revive, zodiac, vive, vivacious, convivial, vivacity, wyvern, 61 more
through Ancient Greek βῐ́ος ‘life’
Today it means
adj Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek βῐ́ος / anaerobic