Where does “antiferrodistortive” come from?

antiferrodistortive (English) comes from English ferrodistortive, from English Ferro, from Italian ferro, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.

antiferrodistortive (English): Of, pertaining to, or causing antiferrodistortion

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing antiferrodistortion

Ancestry of “antiferrodistortive”, step by step

antiferrodistortive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ferrodistortive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishferrodistortiveOf, pertaining to, or causing ferrodistortion
2EnglishFerroEl Hierro
3Italianferroiron; first-person singular present indicative of...
4Latinferrumiron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash
5Cornish-erForms masculine agent nouns
6English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
7Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
8Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
9Latin-ārefirst conjugation
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
14Chichewaiyehe, she

via English anti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantiOpposed to something; That has a torsion angle...
2Englishanti-Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;...
3Ancient Greekἀντι-anti-, against; like, reminiscent of
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́opposite
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti