Where does “dequench” come from?
dequench (English) comes from English de, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
dequench (English): To reestablish a previously quenched fluorescence
Definitions
- To reestablish a previously quenched fluorescence
Ancestry of “dequench”, step by step
dequench traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English quench
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quench | To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative... |
| 2 | Middle English | quenchen | To quench; To spray or douse with water or... |
| 3 | Old English | cwenċan | to extinguish, quench |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kwankijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwankijaną | to cause to go out, extinguish |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |