## Meanings
1. The practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean to stay healthy.
2. Conditions or practices that help keep people healthy and prevent disease.

## Examples
- Good hygiene is important when preparing food.
- Poor hygiene in the camp led to the spread of illness.

## Derived Forms
- chronohygiene
- cyberhygiene
- hygienic
- hygienically
- hygienics
- hygienism
- hygienist
- hyperhygienist
- zoohygiene

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʷeyh₃-
- Root: hygiène
- Root: ὑγιεινή (τέχνη)

## Etymology
From French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (τέχνη) (hugieinḗ (tékhnē), literally “art of health”), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).

## AI Etymology
Hygiene comes from French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιεινή (τέχνη) (hugieinḗ (tékhnē), literally “art of health”), from ὑγιεινός (hugieinós, “of health, good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”). The historical line also includes *gʷeyh₃- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “The practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean to stay healthy” and “Conditions or practices that help keep people healthy and prevent disease”.

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