English
hygeiolatry
hygiene + -o- + -latry.
Formed from hygiene + -o- + -latry
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
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Ancient Greek ὑγιής ‘healthy, sound’
Ancient Greek ὑγιεινός ‘of health, good for the health, wholesome,…’
Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή
French hygiène
English hygiene
The story
Attested as early as 1882.
Today it means
noun Excessive attention paid to bodily health, at the expense of morality or religion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hygeiolatry