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Where does “chemiluminescence” come from?

chemiluminescence (English) comes from English luminescence, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

chemiluminescence (English): The emission of light as the result of a chemical...

Definitions

  1. The emission of light as the result of a chemical...

Ancestry of “chemiluminescence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishluminescenceAny emission of light that cannot be attributed...
2Latinlūmen—
3English-escencea specified process or state
4Latin-escens—
5Latin-escoForms verbs from adjectives meaning "become "
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “chemiluminescence”

  • electrochemiluminescence
  • immunoelectrochemiluminescence
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