Where does “diathermy” come from?
Diathermy comes from English dia- combined with -thermy, where dia- derives from Ancient Greek δια-, the prefix form of διά, traced through δισα and Proto-Indo-European dwís, dwi-, and dwóh₁, all meaning two or in two parts.
diathermy (English): The generation of heat using high-frequency...
Definitions
- The generation of heat using high-frequency...
Ancestry of “diathermy”, step by step
diathermy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English therm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | therm | A former unit of heat equal to 100,000 British... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | θερμός | warm, hot, boiling, glowing; hotheaded, hasty,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English dia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dia | A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |