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Where does “anti-gravity” come from?

anti-gravity (English) comes from English gravity, from French gravité, from Latin gravitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

anti-gravity (English): Any of various concepts, systems or devices that...

Definitions

  1. Any of various concepts, systems or devices that...

Ancestry of “anti-gravity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgravityThe state or condition of having weight; weight;...
2Frenchgravitégravity
3Latingravitās—
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “anti-gravity”

  • antigravity
  • antigravitic
  • antigravitically
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