Where does “convexifiability” come from?
convexifiability (English) comes from English convexifiable, from English convexify, from English convex, from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus, from Latin conveho, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
convexifiability (English): Capability of being convexified (being made convex)
Definitions
- Capability of being convexified (being made convex)
Ancestry of “convexifiability”, step by step
convexifiability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English convexifiable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | convexifiable | Capable of being convexified (being made convex) |
| 2 | English | convexify | To make convex |
| 3 | English | convex | curved or bowed outward like the outside of a... |
| 4 | Middle French | convexe | — |
| 5 | Latin | convexus | vaulted, arched, rounded; convex or concave;... |
| 6 | Latin | conveho | I carry; I collect or gather; I harvest |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |