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Where does “envirofriendly” come from?

envirofriendly (English) comes from English enviro, from English environmentalist, from English environmental, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول.

envirofriendly (English): Environmentally friendly

Definitions

  1. Environmentally friendly

Ancestry of “envirofriendly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenviroAn ecofreak
2EnglishenvironmentalistOne who holds the view that environment, rather...
3EnglishenvironmentalPertaining to the environment
4English-ál—
5EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
6GermanAldehydaldehyde
7Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
8Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
9Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
10Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
11Akkadianguḫlum—
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