Where does “antidepressive” come from?
antidepressive (English) comes from English depressive, from French dépressif, from French dépression, from Latin depressio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
antidepressive (English): Counteracting depression; An antidepressant
Definitions
- Counteracting depression; An antidepressant
Ancestry of “antidepressive”, step by step
antidepressive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English depressive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | depressive | Causing depression; dispiriting; Affected by... |
| 2 | French | dépressif | depressive |
| 3 | French | dépression | depression |
| 4 | Latin | depressio | a pressing down, a sinking down, a depression;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |