Where does “buckytube” come from?
buckytube (English) comes from English buckyball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.
buckytube (English): a carbon nanotube
Definitions
- a carbon nanotube
Ancestry of “buckytube”, step by step
buckytube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English buckyball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buckyball | A buckminsterfullerene molecule; The most common... |
| 2 | English | Ball | surname |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |