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Where does “correlational” come from?

Correlational comes from correlation, which derives from English aldehyde, borrowed from German Aldehyd, a term coined in chemistry with origins in earlier scientific nomenclature.

correlational (English): Of or pertaining to a correlation

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a correlation

Ancestry of “correlational”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ál—
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “correlational”

  • autocorrelational
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