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 — kohl, antimony paste.
envirofriendly (English): Environmentally friendly
Definitions
- Environmentally friendly
Ancestry of “envirofriendly”, step by step
envirofriendly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English enviro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | enviro | An ecofreak |
| 2 | English | environmentalist | One who holds the view that environment, rather... |
| 3 | English | environmental | Pertaining to the environment |
| 4 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 5 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 6 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 7 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 8 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 9 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 10 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 11 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English friendly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | friendly | Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate... |
| 2 | Middle English | frendly | Friendly, amicable; acting like a friend;... |
| 3 | Old English | frēondlīċ | friendly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | frijōndlīkaz | friendlike; friendly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |