Etymograph

English

dysaerobic

Dysaerobic comes from French aérobie ‘aerobics’, and goes back to Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentaérobie‘aerobics’
  3. English1500–presentaerobic
  4. Englishtodaydysaerobic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβίοςbíos‘life’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentaérobie‘aerobics’
  3. English1500–presentaerobic
  4. Englishtodaydysaerobic

A compound of dys- + aerobic

Proto-Indo-European *dus- ‘bad’

Proto-Hellenic *dus- ‘bad’

English dys-

French aérobie ‘aerobics’

English aerobic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

quick, vital, couch, kidney, vitamin, viable, hygiene, vivid, revive, zodiac, vive, vivacious, convivial, vivacity, biogenesis, wyvern, anaerobic, 60 more

through Ancient Greek βίος ‘life’

biology, biography, antibiotic, bios, biotic, biota, 14 more

Today it means

adj Having a low concentration of dissolved oxygen.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek βίος / dysaerobic