Where does “cryopulverization” come from?

cryopulverization (English) comes from English pulverization, from French pulvérisation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

cryopulverization (English): pulverization at low temperature

Definitions

  1. pulverization at low temperature

Ancestry of “cryopulverization”, step by step

cryopulverization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pulverization

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpulverizationThe act of pulverizing
2Frenchpulvérisationpulverization; spraying
3French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
4Middle French-ationation
5Old French-ationation
6Latin-ātiō
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English cryo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcryocryoprecipitate
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ