Where does “antisymmetrically” come from?
antisymmetrically (English) comes from English ally, from Middle English allie, from Middle English allien, from Old French alier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
antisymmetrically (English): In an antisymmetric manner
Definitions
- In an antisymmetric manner
Ancestry of “antisymmetrically”, step by step
antisymmetrically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ally | To unite, or form a connection between, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | allie | The state of having marital or family relations... |
| 3 | Middle English | allien | To ally; to make a pact or confederacy; To marry... |
| 4 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 5 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English antisymmetric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antisymmetric | Having the property that, for any two distinct... |
| 2 | English | symmetric | Symmetrical; Of a relation "R" on a set "S", such... |
| 3 | English | symmetry | Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing... |
| 4 | Latin | symmetria | symmetry, proportion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |