The story
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
- Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Frenchanaérobie
- English todayanaerobic
From French anaérobie, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic. By surface analysis, an- + aerobic.
Words from the same roots
Frenchanaérobie all →
anaerobeanaerobies
Ancient Greekἀν- all →
analgesicanhedoniaanergyanuranan-anacrogynousanapsidanidolic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.