Where does “opacité” come from?
opacité (French) comes from Latin opacitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
opacité (French): opacity; opaqueness
Definitions
- opacity; opaqueness
Ancestry of “opacité”, step by step
opacité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin opacitas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | opacitas | shadiness, shade |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Latin opacitatem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | opacitatem | accusative singular of opācitās |