Etymology

aerobicwear

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Today it means: Clothing designed to be worn while taking part in aerobics. Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekἀήρ (aḗr)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  6. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  7. Frenchaérobie
  8. Englishaerobic
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  11. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  13. Old Englishwerian
  14. Middle Englishweren
  15. Englishwear
  16. English todayaerobicwear

From aerobic + -wear.

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