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Where does “countercyclicality” come from?

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

countercyclicality (English): The quality of being countercyclical

Definitions

  1. The quality of being countercyclical

Ancestry of “countercyclicality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcountercyclicalDampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the...
2Englishcyclicalrecurring at regular intervals
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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