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Where does “contracyclical” come from?

contracyclical (English) comes from English cyclical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

contracyclical (English): Tending to counteract the effects of the business...

Definitions

  1. Tending to counteract the effects of the business...

Ancestry of “contracyclical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcyclicalrecurring at regular intervals
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “contracyclical”

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