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Where does “crystallographic” come from?

Crystallographic derives from English crystallography, combining English crystal from Latin crystallum and Ancient Greek γράφω meaning "to write," with the adjectival suffix -icus from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

crystallographic (English): Of or pertaining to crystallography

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to crystallography

Ancestry of “crystallographic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “crystallographic”

  • crystallographically
  • noncrystallographic
  • nanocrystallographic
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