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Where does “антивещество” come from?

антивещество (Russian) comes from Russian вещество́, from Russian вещь, from Old East Slavic вещь, from Old Church Slavonic вещь, from Proto-Slavic veťь, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

антивещество (Russian): antimatter

Definitions

  1. antimatter

Ancestry of “антивещество”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianвещество́—
2Russianвещьthing, object; things, belongings, goods, stuff
3Old East Slavicвещь—
4Old Church Slavonicвещьthing, matter, object; nature, essence; material...
5Proto-Slavicveťьthing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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