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Where does “countercyclical” come from?

countercyclical (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.

countercyclical (English): Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the...

Definitions

  1. Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the...

Ancestry of “countercyclical”, 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 “countercyclical”

  • countercyclically
  • countercyclicality
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