Where does “self-activity” come from?
self-activity (English) comes from English activity, from Middle French activité, from Latin activitas, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν- — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
self-activity (English): Self-motion or the power of moving one's self or...
Definitions
- Self-motion or the power of moving one's self or...
Ancestry of “self-activity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | activity | The state or quality of being active; activeness;... |
| 2 | Middle French | activité | — |
| 3 | Latin | activitas | activity, movement, action |
| 4 | Latin | āctīvus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |