hygiene

hygiene
\ \ [19] Greek hugiés meant ‘healthy’.
\ \ From it were formed the noun hugíeiahealth’ (personified as Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health) and the adjective hugieinóshealthful’.
\ \ This came to be used as a noun, hugieiné, ‘science of healthy living’, which passed via modern Latin hygieina and French hygiène into English.

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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  • hygiene — [hī′jēn΄, hī jēn′] n. [Fr hygiène < Gr hygieinē ( technē), (art) of health < hygiēs, healthy, sound < IE * su gwiyēs, living well < base * su , well ( > Sans su , well) + base * gwei , to live > Gr bios, life, L vivus, living] 1 …   English World dictionary

  • hygiene — 1670s, from Fr. hygiène, ultimately from Gk. hygieine techne the healthful art, from hygies healthy, lit. living well (personified as the goddess Hygieia), from PIE *eyu gwie es having a vigorous life. The Greek adjective was used by Aristotle as …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Hygiēne — (Hygieine, griech.), soviel wie Gesundheitspflege (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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