Where does “antihumidity” come from?
antihumidity (English) comes from English humidity, from Middle English humidite, from Old French humidité, from Latin humiditas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
antihumidity (English): Preventing humidity
Definitions
- Preventing humidity
Ancestry of “antihumidity”, step by step
antihumidity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humidity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humidity | Dampness, especially that of the air; The amount... |
| 2 | Middle English | humidite | — |
| 3 | Old French | humidité | moistness; dampness; humidity |
| 4 | Latin | humiditas | humidity |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |