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
- The ability of a system to benefit and grow from...
Ancestry of “antifragility”, step by step
antifragility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fragility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fragility | The condition or quality of being fragile;... |
| 2 | Middle French | fragilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | fragilitas | brittleness, fragility; weakness, frailness |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |