Etymology

nonactivity

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Today it means: Absence of activity. Full definition →

English activity ← Middle French activité ← Latin āctīvitās
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  16. Proto-Italic*agō
  17. Latinagō
  18. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  19. Latināctīvus
  20. Latināctīvitās
  21. Middle Frenchactivité
  22. Englishactivity
  23. English todaynonactivity

From non- + activity.

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