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Where does “inactivement” come from?

inactivement (French) comes from French inactive, from French inactiver, from French activer, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω.

inactivement (French): inactively

Definitions

  1. inactively

Ancestry of “inactivement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinactivefirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchinactiverto inactivate, deactivate
3Frenchactiverto activate; to speed up; to stoke
4Frenchactifactive; asset; top
5Old Frenchactifactive
6Latināctīvus—
7Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
8Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
9Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
10Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
11Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
12Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
13Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
14Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
15Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
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