Etymology of the English word anticatalyst
the English word
anticatalystusing the English prefix
anti-derived from the New Latin prefix
anti-derived from the Greek prefix
anti-, ἀντι-
derived from the Greek word
anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*anti-derived from the English word
catalystusing the English suffix
-istderived from the Latin suffix
-istaderived from the Greek suffix
-istesderived from the English word
catalysisderived from the Latin word
catalysisderived from the Greek word
katalusis, κατάλυσις
derived from the Greek word
kataluein, καταλύω (to loosen down (disintegrate); to demolish; specially to halt for the night)
derived from the Greek word
luein, λύω (to loosen)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leu-Usage
Word found in Modern English