Where does “anharmonicity” come from?
anharmonicity (English) comes from English anharmonic, from English an-, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
anharmonicity (English): The deviation of a system from harmonicity
Definitions
- The deviation of a system from harmonicity
Ancestry of “anharmonicity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anharmonic | Not harmonic. Inharmonic; Exhibiting... |
| 2 | English | an- | Alternative form of on-; not; used to make words... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |