Etymology

thermoanaerobic

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Today it means: thermic and anaerobic Full definition →

English anaerobic ← French anaérobie ← Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*né
  7. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  9. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  10. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  13. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  14. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  16. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  17. Frenchanaérobie
  18. Englishanaerobic
  19. English todaythermoanaerobic

From thermo- + anaerobic.

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