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Where does “countercyclically” come from?

countercyclically (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.

countercyclically (English): In a countercyclical way

Definitions

  1. In a countercyclical way

Ancestry of “countercyclically”, 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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