Where does “antivectorial” come from?

antivectorial (English) comes from English vectorial, from English vector, from Latin vector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

antivectorial (English): That counters the vector of an infectious disease

Definitions

  1. That counters the vector of an infectious disease

Ancestry of “antivectorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvectorialOf or pertaining to a vector; In the electron...
2EnglishvectorA directed quantity, one with both magnitude and...
3Latinvectorbearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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