Where does “cyclonic separation” come from?

cyclonic separation (English) comes from English cyclonic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

cyclonic separation (English): The use of vortices to separate particulates from a stream of gas or liquid

Definitions

  1. The use of vortices to separate particulates from a stream of gas or liquid

Ancestry of “cyclonic separation”, step by step

cyclonic separation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cyclonic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcyclonicOf, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone;...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English separation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseparationThe act of disuniting two or more things, or the...
2Old Frenchseparacion
3Latinseparatiosevering, separation; division
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én