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Where does “intergovernmentally” come from?

intergovernmentally (English) comes from English intergovernmental, from English governmental, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

intergovernmentally (English): Between governments

Definitions

  1. Between governments

Ancestry of “intergovernmentally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintergovernmentalOf, relating to, or involving two or more...
2EnglishgovernmentalRelating to a government; Relating to governing
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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