hygienics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English hygiene

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ms

Proto-Indo-European *-omsder.

Proto-Germanic *-anzder.?

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m̥s

Proto-Germanic *-ōz

Proto-Germanic *-ōsder.?

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English -ics

English hygienics

From hygiene + -ics.

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Noun

hygienics (uncountable)

1. The science of hygiene

Translations

The science of hygiene

• Bulgarian: хигиена (bg) f (higiena)