Where does “fCT” come from?
fCT (English) comes from English CT, from English contraterrene, from English terrene, from French terrine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.
Ancestry of “fCT”, step by step
fCT traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English CT
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | CT | chlamydia |
| 2 | English | contraterrene | Made of or pertaining to antimatter |
| 3 | English | terrene | Pertaining to the earth; earthly, terrestrial,... |
| 4 | French | terrine | terrine dish |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English f
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | f | The ordinal number sixth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | f | from, off, away |
| 3 | Latin | F | — |
| 4 | Old English | ᚠ | the first letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing and the sounds. Pronounced feoh |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌅 | ve |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ϝ | {{l|en|digamma}} |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |