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
Ancestry of “inactivement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | inactive | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | inactiver | to inactivate, deactivate |
| 3 | French | activer | to activate; to speed up; to stoke |
| 4 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 5 | Old French | actif | active |
| 6 | Latin | āctīvus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |