Where does “assortativity” come from?

assortativity (English) comes from English assortative, from English -ative, from English -ive, from Middle English -yf, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

assortativity (English): The extent to which nodes of a graph link to...

Definitions

  1. The extent to which nodes of a graph link to...

Ancestry of “assortativity”, step by step

assortativity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English assortative

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassortativeCharacterized by assorting
2English-ativeof, related to, or associated with the thing...
3English-iveAn adjective suffix signifying relating or...
4Middle English-yfA suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and...
5Old French-if-ive
6Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
8Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -īvusEvery word from English -ive