Where does “envirotactic” come from?
envirotactic (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.
envirotactic (English): Relating to the ability to sense one's environment
Definitions
- Relating to the ability to sense one's environment
Ancestry of “envirotactic”, step by step
envirotactic 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 tactic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tactic | A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some... |
| 2 | French | tactique | tactic; tactical |
| 3 | Latin | tactica | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τακτική | tactics |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τακτικός | fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |