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Where does “antiblooming” come from?

antiblooming (English) comes from English blooming, from English bloom, from Middle English blome, from Old English blōma, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

antiblooming (English): Preventing the blooming phenomenon, where...

Definitions

  1. Preventing the blooming phenomenon, where...

Ancestry of “antiblooming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbloomingpresent participle of bloom; Opening in blossoms;...
2EnglishbloomA blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded...
3Middle EnglishblomeA bloom; the flower of a plant; Blooming;...
4Old Englishblōmaflower; lump of metal; lump of iron; lump of...
5Proto-Germanicblōmôflower
6Proto-Germanicblōanąto bloom, to flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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