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Where does “antirecovery” come from?

antirecovery (English) comes from English recovery, from English recover, from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.

antirecovery (English): Preventing or opposing recovery

Definitions

  1. Preventing or opposing recovery

Ancestry of “antirecovery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecoveryThe act or process of regaining or repossession...
2EnglishrecoverTo get back, to regain; to salvage, to extricate,...
3EnglishcoverA lid; Area or situation which screens a person...
4Middle Englishcoverento recover
5Old Frenchcovrirto cover
6Latincooperiō—
7Latincōn-—
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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