English

hydronegative

From hydro- + negative.

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

Latin ne ‘not’

Latin negō ‘to deny’

Latin negātīvus ‘that denies’

Old French negatif

Middle English negative

Today it means

adj Having a negative hydrotropic response; repelled by water.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hydronegative