Where does “inertial” come from?
Inertial derives from English inertia, from Latin iners meaning sluggish or inactive, formed from Latin in- and Latin in, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne and h₁én.
inertial (English): Of, relating to, or depending on inertia
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or depending on inertia
Ancestry of “inertial”, step by step
inertial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian inerție
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | inerție | inertia; inertia, idleness, sloth |
| 2 | French | inertie | inertia; lack of dynamism or forcefulness |
| 3 | Latin | inertia | want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance;... |
| 4 | Latin | iners | without skill, unskilled, unskillful,... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English inertia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inertia | The property of a body that resists any change to... |