Etymology

vasoactivity

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Today it means: The quality or degree of being vasoactive. Full definition →

English activity ← Middle French activité ← Latin āctīvitās
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wāss
  2. Latinvās
  3. Englishvaso-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  6. Proto-Italic*agō
  7. Latinagō
  8. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  9. Latināctīvus
  10. Latināctīvitās
  11. Middle Frenchactivité
  12. Englishactivity
  13. English todayvasoactivity

From vaso- + activity.

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