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Where does “activitas” come from?

activitas (Latin) comes from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα, from Ancient Greek γλυφή — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

activitas (Latin): activity, movement, action

Definitions

  1. activity, movement, action

Ancestry of “activitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latināctīvus—
2Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
3Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
4Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
5Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
6Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
7Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
8Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
9Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “activitas”

  • activity
  • inactivity
  • hyperactivity
  • overactivity
  • bioactivity
  • hypoactivity
  • underactivity
  • coactivity
  • photoactivity
  • nonactivity
  • vasoactivity
  • subactivity
  • multiactivity
  • electroactivity
  • immunoactivity
  • superactivity
  • neuroactivity
  • counteractivity
  • normoactivity
  • self-activity
  • photoelectroactivity
  • cytoactivity
  • cyberactivity
  • actividad
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