Where does “opacity” come from?
Opacity derives from Middle French opaque, from Latin opacus meaning shaded or dark, with the abstract noun suffix Latin -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -it-.
opacity (English): The state or quality of being opaque, not...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being opaque, not...
Ancestry of “opacity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | opaque | Neither reflecting nor emitting light; Allowing... |
| 2 | French | opacité | opacity; opaqueness |
| 3 | Latin | opacitas | shadiness, shade |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |