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Where does “antirachitisme” come from?

antirachitisme (French) comes from French rachitisme, from Ancient Greek ῥαχίτης, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

antirachitisme (French): antirachitic

Definitions

  1. antirachitic

Ancestry of “antirachitisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrachitismerickets
2Ancient Greekῥαχίτης—
3Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
4Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
5Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
6Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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