Where does “desactivar” come from?
desactivar (Catalan) comes from Catalan activar, from Catalan actiu, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
desactivar (Catalan): to deactivate to make something inactive
Definitions
- to deactivate to make something inactive
Ancestry of “desactivar”, step by step
desactivar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan activar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | activar | to activate; to enable |
| 2 | Catalan | actiu | active |
| 3 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |