English Explanatory Dictionary

inactivity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inactivity.wav

Word forms

inactivity inactivities

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āctīvitāsder. Middle French activitébor. English activity ▲ Latin in- ▲ Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English inactivity From in- + activity or inactive + -ity.

Derived words

masterly inactivity
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