Where does “anticosmetic” come from?
anticosmetic (English) comes from English cosmetic, from French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική, from Ancient Greek κοσμητής, from Ancient Greek κοσμέω, from Ancient Greek κόσμος, from Ancient Greek θέσις, from Ancient Greek τίθημι — to do, put, place.
anticosmetic (English): destructive or opposed to beauty
Definitions
- destructive or opposed to beauty
Ancestry of “anticosmetic”, step by step
anticosmetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cosmetic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cosmetic | Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the... |
| 2 | French | cosmétique | cosmetics, make-up; the science of cosmetics;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κοσμητική | the art of dress and ornament |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κοσμητής | orderer, director, decorator |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κοσμέω | to order, to arrange; to adorn |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόσμος | order; lawful order, government; mode, fashion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | θέσις | a setting, placement, arrangement; deposit;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |