Etymograph

English

thermoanaerobic

Thermoanaerobic comes from French anaérobie ‘anaerobic’, and goes back to Ancient Greek βῐ́ος ‘life’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβῐ́οςbĭ́os‘life’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentanaérobie‘anaerobic’
  3. English1500–presentanaerobic
  4. Englishtodaythermoanaerobic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβῐ́οςbĭ́os‘life’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentanaérobie‘anaerobic’
  3. English1500–presentanaerobic
  4. Englishtodaythermoanaerobic

A compound of thermo- + anaerobic

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós

Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’

English thermo-

Ancient Greek βῐ́ος ‘life’

French anaérobie

English anaerobic

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’

biogenesis, 5 more

Today it means

adj thermic and anaerobic

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek βῐ́ος / thermoanaerobic