Where does “nonretroactivity” come from?
nonretroactivity (English) comes from English retroactivity, from English retroactive, from French rétroactif, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω.
nonretroactivity (English): The quality of not being retroactive
Definitions
- The quality of not being retroactive
Ancestry of “nonretroactivity”, step by step
nonretroactivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retroactivity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retroactivity | The state or characteristic of being retroactive;... |
| 2 | English | retroactive | Extending in scope, effect, application or... |
| 3 | French | rétroactif | retroactive |
| 4 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 5 | Old French | actif | active |
| 6 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |