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Where does “antishrinkage” come from?

antishrinkage (English) comes from English shrinkage, from English -age, from Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

antishrinkage (English): antishrink

Definitions

  1. antishrink

Ancestry of “antishrinkage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshrinkageThe act of shrinking, or the proportion by which...
2English-ageforming nouns with the sense of collection or...
3Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum—
Every word from Latin -āticum →