Etymograph

English

anaerobicity

Anaerobicity comes from French anaérobie ‘anaerobic’, from Ancient Greek βῐ́ος ‘life’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-1‘to live’uncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβῐ́ος1bĭ́os‘life’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentanaérobie1‘anaerobic’
  4. English1500–presentanaerobic1
  5. Englishtodayanaerobicity1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English anaerobicity

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-Wiktionary, English anaerobicity‘to live’uncertain
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβῐ́οςWiktionary, English anaerobicitybĭ́os‘life’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentanaérobieWiktionary, English anaerobicity‘anaerobic’
  4. English1500–presentanaerobicWiktionary, English anaerobicity
  5. EnglishtodayanaerobicityWiktionary, English anaerobicity

A compound of anaerobic + -ity

Ancient Greek βῐ́ος ‘life’

French anaérobie

English anaerobic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

quick, vital, couch, biology, kidney, viable, vitamin, hygiene, vivid, revive, zodiac, vive, vivacious, convivial, wyvern, vivacity, 61 more

through Ancient Greek βῐ́ος ‘life’

biogenesis, 5 more

Today it means

noun The state of being anaerobic

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “anaerobicity”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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