Where does “cosmic singularity” come from?
cosmic singularity (English) comes from English cosmic, from Latin cosmicus, from Ancient Greek κοσμικός, from Ancient Greek κόσμος, from Ancient Greek θέσις, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
cosmic singularity (English): A point of infinite positive spacetime curvature...
Definitions
- A point of infinite positive spacetime curvature...
Ancestry of “cosmic singularity”, step by step
cosmic singularity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cosmic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cosmic | Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or... |
| 2 | Latin | cosmicus | mundane; fashionable; cosmopolitan |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κοσμικός | wordly |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κόσμος | order; lawful order, government; mode, fashion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θέσις | a setting, placement, arrangement; deposit;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English Singularity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Singularity | The technological singularity |
| 2 | Old French | singularité | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | singularitas | singleness; singularity |
| 4 | Latin | -tas | -ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Third-declension... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |