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Where does “antigravitic” come from?

antigravitic (English) comes from English antigravity, from English anti-gravity, from English gravity, from French gravité, from Latin gravitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

antigravitic (English): Of, or related to antigravity

Definitions

  1. Of, or related to antigravity

Ancestry of “antigravitic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantigravityAlternative spelling of anti-gravity
2Englishanti-gravityAny of various concepts, systems or devices that...
3EnglishgravityThe state or condition of having weight; weight;...
4Frenchgravitégravity
5Latingravitās—
6Latin-tās—
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “antigravitic”

  • antigravitically
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