Where does “inertie” come from?
inertie (Dutch) comes from French inertie, from Latin inertia, from Latin iners, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inertie (Dutch): inertia; Lack of dynamism or forcefulness
Definitions
- inertia; Lack of dynamism or forcefulness
Ancestry of “inertie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | inertie | inertia; lack of dynamism or forcefulness |
| 2 | Latin | inertia | want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance;... |
| 3 | Latin | iners | without skill, unskilled, unskillful,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |