Where does “inhibition” come from?
Inhibition derives from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio, meaning a restraining or checking.
inhibition (English): The act of inhibiting; A personal feeling of fear...
Definitions
- The act of inhibiting; A personal feeling of fear...
Ancestry of “inhibition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | inibicion | — |
| 2 | Latin | inhibitio | restraint; inhibition |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “inhibition”
- disinhibition
- photoinhibition
- autoinhibition
- immunoinhibition
- sympathoinhibition
- uninhibition
- noninhibition
- retroinhibition
- hyperinhibition
- angioinhibition
- baroinhibition
- cardioinhibition
- chemoinhibition
- coinhibition
- counterinhibition
- mitoinhibition
- osteoinhibition
- overinhibition
- phosphoinhibition
- thermoinhibition
- topoinhibition
- transinhibition
- cyberdisinhibition