Etymograph

English

hygiene

Hygiene comes from French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινός ‘of health, good for the health, wholesome,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-‘to live’root as named
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yu-gʷih₃-‘long life’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑγιήςhugiḗs‘healthy, sound’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑγιεινόςhugieinós‘of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑγιεινήτέχνηliterally ‘art of health’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presenthygiène
  7. Englishtodayhygiene

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-‘to live’root as named
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yu-gʷih₃-‘long life’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑγιήςhugiḗs‘healthy, sound’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑγιεινόςhugieinós‘of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑγιεινήτέχνηliterally ‘art of health’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presenthygiène
  7. Englishtodayhygiene

Linked words

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

quick, vital, biology, couch, vitamin, viable, kidney, vivid, revive, zodiac, anaerobic, vive, vivacious, convivial, wyvern, vivacity, biogenesis, 61 more

Today it means

noun The science of health, its promotion and preservation.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- / hygiene

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