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Where does “antisagging” come from?

antisagging (English) comes from English sagging, from English sag, from Middle English saggen, from Middle Low German sacken, from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- — to sink; to fall; to drop.

antisagging (English): Combatting the tendency of paints and other...

Definitions

  1. Combatting the tendency of paints and other...

Ancestry of “antisagging”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsaggingThe act of something that sags; A manner of...
2EnglishsagThe state of sinking or bending; a droop; The...
3Middle Englishsaggen—
4Middle Low Germansacken—
5Proto-Germanicsinkwanąto sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeansengʷ-to sink; to fall; to drop
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