Where does “hectivity” come from?

hectivity (English) comes from English activity, from Middle French activité, from Latin activitas, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν- — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

hectivity (English): A state of constant, frenzied, and typically...

Definitions

  1. A state of constant, frenzied, and typically...

Ancestry of “hectivity”, step by step

hectivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English activity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishactivityThe state or quality of being active; activeness;...
2Middle Frenchactivité
3Latinactivitasactivity, movement, action
4Latināctīvusactive
5Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
6Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
7Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
8Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
9Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
10Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
11Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
12Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
13Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
14Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via English hectic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhecticDenoting a type of fever accompanying consumption...
2Middle EnglishetikMoral, relating to morals
3Middle Frenchethique
4Old Frenchethique
5Latinēthica
6Late Latinethica
7Ancient Greekἠθικήfeminine nominative/vocative singular of ἠθικός
8Ancient Greekἠθικόςof or for morals; moral; expressing character
9Ancient Greekἦθοςcharacter; custom, habit
10Ancient Greekἔθοςhabit, custom, manner; disposition, temper;...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswe-dʰh₁-
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂