Etymology

preaerobic

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Today it means: Describing life on Earth that evolved before there was oxygen in the atmosphere Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  11. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  12. Ancient Greekἀήρ (aḗr)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  14. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  15. Frenchaérobie
  16. Englishaerobic
  17. English todaypreaerobic

From pre- + aerobic.

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