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Where does “aerobic” come from?

Aerobic comes from French aérobie, derived from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (air), which traces to Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁-.

aerobic (English): Living or occurring only in the presence of...

Definitions

  1. Living or occurring only in the presence of...

Ancestry of “aerobic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “aerobic”

  • aerobically
  • microaerobic
  • nonaerobic
  • aerobicized
  • aerobicize
  • microaerobically
  • aerobicwear
  • preaerobic
  • aerobicise
  • exaerobic
  • αεροβικός
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