Where does “zerovalent” come from?
zerovalent (English) comes from English valent, from English Valence, from French Valence, from Latin Valentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
zerovalent (English): Having a valency of zero
Definitions
- Having a valency of zero
Ancestry of “zerovalent”, step by step
zerovalent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English valent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | valent | Having valence |
| 2 | English | Valence | The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four |
| 3 | French | Valence | valence |
| 4 | Latin | Valentia | health, vigour, bodily strength |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English zero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zero | The cardinal number occurring before one and that... |
| 2 | Middle French | zero | — |
| 3 | Italian | Zero | zero |
| 4 | New Latin | zerum | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | zephirum | zero |
| 6 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |