Where does “deorbit burn” come from?
deorbit burn (English) comes from English deorbit, from English de-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
deorbit burn (English): A firing of the engines of a spacecraft to enable it to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere
Definitions
- A firing of the engines of a spacecraft to enable it to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere
Ancestry of “deorbit burn”, step by step
deorbit burn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deorbit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deorbit | To cause to leave orbit; Of an orbiting object,... |
| 2 | English | de- | reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,... |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English Burn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Burn | OS grid ref SE5928 |
| 2 | Middle English | brennen | to burn |
| 3 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |