Where does “backscattersonde” come from?
backscattersonde (English) comes from English backscatter, from English backscattering, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
backscattersonde (English): A balloon-borne instrument used to measure the local aerosol backscatter in the atmosphere
Definitions
- A balloon-borne instrument used to measure the local aerosol backscatter in the atmosphere
Ancestry of “backscattersonde”, step by step
backscattersonde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English backscatter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | backscatter | The deflection of particles and/or radiation... |
| 2 | English | backscattering | The scattering of waves, particles, or signals... |
| 3 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 4 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 5 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 8 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 9 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 10 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 11 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 13 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 14 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
via English sonde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sonde | Probe; sound; Any of various devices for testing... |
| 2 | French | sonde | probe; sound; Any of various devices for testing... |
| 3 | Middle French | sonde | sounding line |
| 4 | Old French | sonde | sounding line |
| 5 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 6 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |