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Where does “antihoraire” come from?

antihoraire (French) comes from French horaire, from Medieval Latin horarius, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

antihoraire (French): anticlockwise , counterclockwise

Definitions

  1. anticlockwise , counterclockwise

Ancestry of “antihoraire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhoraireschedule; hourly; clockwise
2Medieval Latinhorarius—
3Latinhōra—
4Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
5Proto-Hellenic*worā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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