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Where does “anoxic” come from?

Anoxic derives from English oxygen plus Ancient Greek ἀ- meaning "without," tracing through Proto-Indo-European ano- and h₂ent- meaning "being."

anoxic (English): Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen;...

Definitions

  1. Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen;...

Ancestry of “anoxic”, 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 “anoxic”

  • postanoxic
  • anoxically
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →