Where does “inimicality” come from?
inimicality (English) comes from English inimical, from Latin inimicalis, from Latin inimicus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inimicality (English): The state or quality of being inimical or...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being inimical or...
Ancestry of “inimicality”, step by step
inimicality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inimical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inimical | Harmful in effect; Unfriendly, hostile |
| 2 | Latin | inimicalis | hostile |
| 3 | Latin | inimicus | enemy; unfriendly, hostile; injurious |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |