Etymology

nonaerobic

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Today it means: Not aerobic. Full definition →

English aerobic ← French aérobie ← Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  16. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  17. Ancient Greekἀήρ (aḗr)
  18. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  19. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  20. Frenchaérobie
  21. Englishaerobic
  22. English todaynonaerobic

From non- + aerobic.

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