Where does “environmental” come from?
Environmental derives from English environment, which comes from English aldehyde, which derives from German Aldehyd.
environmental (English): Pertaining to the environment
Definitions
- Pertaining to the environment
Ancestry of “environmental”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 3 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 4 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 5 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 7 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 8 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
Words derived from “environmental”
- environmentally
- environmentalism
- environmentalist
- paleoenvironmental
- palaeoenvironmental
- microenvironmental
- enviro
- socioenvironmental
- nonenvironmental
- antienvironmental
- macroenvironmental
- geoenvironmental
- bioenvironmental
- Enviropig
- nonenvironmentally
- microenvironmentally
- agro-environmental
- coenvironmental
- exergoenvironmental
- multienvironmental
- proenvironmental
- pseudoenvironmentalist
- bioenvironmentally
- anti-environmentalist