Where does “antiearthquake” come from?
antiearthquake (English) comes from English earthquake, from Middle English erthequake, from Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
antiearthquake (English): Preventing damage from earthquakes
Definitions
- Preventing damage from earthquakes
Ancestry of “antiearthquake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | earthquake | A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic... |
| 2 | Middle English | erthequake | — |
| 3 | Middle English | erthe | Earth; the world; The Earth's people or... |
| 4 | Old English | eorþe | ground; the planet Earth; dirt |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | erþu | earth, world; earth, soil |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |