inertness
English
noun
Definitions
- Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion
- Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
- (chemistry) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.
Etymology
Suffix from English inert.
Origin
English
inert
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioinert English
- bioinertness English
- inert English
- inertitude English
- inertly English
- mucoinert English
- noninert English
- инертный Russian
- *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European