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Where does “antifragility” come from?

antifragility (English) comes from English fragility, from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

antifragility (English): The ability of a system to benefit and grow from...

Definitions

  1. The ability of a system to benefit and grow from...

Ancestry of “antifragility”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfragilityThe condition or quality of being fragile;...
2Middle Frenchfragilité—
3Latinfragilitasbrittleness, fragility; weakness, frailness
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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