English
aneroid
Aneroid comes from French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek νηρός ‘wet, damp’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *newr̥ós.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*newr̥ósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνεαρόςnearós‘young, fresh’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνηρόςnērós‘wet, damp’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanéroïde
- Englishearliest quotation 1912aneroid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*newr̥ósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνεαρόςnearós‘young, fresh’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνηρόςnērós‘wet, damp’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanéroïde
- Englishearliest quotation 1912aneroid
Earliest quotation: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […]: “I may mention that our aneroid shows us that…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *newr̥ós
Today it means
adj Not using or containing fluid
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *newr̥ós / aneroid