Where does “antigravitational” come from?
antigravitational (English) comes from English gravitational, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
antigravitational (English): Acting against gravity; That counters the effect...
Definitions
- Acting against gravity; That counters the effect...
Ancestry of “antigravitational”, step by step
antigravitational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gravitational
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gravitational | Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via Italian antigravitazionale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | antigravitazionale | antigravitational, antigravity |
| 2 | Italian | anti- | anti-; ante- |
| 3 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |