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Inertia

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion
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Stage 1 of 2
iners
Latin · ancient
"idle, unskilled"
literally unskilled, idle, from in- (without) and ars (skill)
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Stage 2 of 2
inertia
English · 1710s
"resistance to a change in motion or state"
adopted by physicists for a body's resistance to a change in motion
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