The story
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
- Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
- Ancient Greekἀήρ (aḗr)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Frenchaérobie
- Englishaerobic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishaerobically
- English todaymicroaerobically
From micro- + aerobically.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.