hygiene

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑγιεινή
2. French · derived fromhygiène
3. English todayhygiene

From French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (τέχνη) (hugieinḗ (tékhnē), literally “art of health”), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).