Etymology

semiaerobic

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Today it means: Partially aerobic Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  7. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  8. Ancient Greekἀήρ (aḗr)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  10. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  11. Frenchaérobie
  12. Englishaerobic
  13. English todaysemiaerobic

From semi- + aerobic.

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