Where does “alphamerical” come from?
alphamerical (English) comes from English alphabetical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
alphamerical (English): alphanumeric / alphanumerical
Definitions
- alphanumeric / alphanumerical
Ancestry of “alphamerical”, step by step
alphamerical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alphabetical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alphabetical | Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English numerical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | numerical | of or pertaining to numbers; The same in number;... |
| 2 | English | numeric | Of or relating to numbers, especially the... |
| 3 | French | numérique | numeric; numerical; digital |
| 4 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 6 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |