Etymology

inactivity

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Today it means: The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness. Full definition →

English inactive ← French inactif ← Latin ināctīvu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  9. Proto-Italic*agō
  10. Latinagō
  11. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  12. Latināctīvus
  13. Latināctīvitās
  14. Middle Frenchactivité
  15. Englishactivity
  16. Latinin-
  17. Latināctīvus
  18. Latinināctīvu
  19. Frenchinactif
  20. Englishinactive
  21. English todayinactivity

From in- + activity or inactive + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.