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Where does “dimensional” come from?

Dimensional comes from English dimension, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin dimetior meaning "to measure out," from Latin dis- and Proto-Indo-European dwís, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.

dimensional (English): Of or pertaining to dimensions; Having dimension...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to dimensions; Having dimension...

Ancestry of “dimensional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdimensionA single aspect of a given thing; A measure of...
2Latindimensiomeasuring; measurement; dimension
3Latin-tiō—
4Latindissertātiō—
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “dimensional”

  • multidimensional
  • dimensionally
  • unidimensional
  • multidimensionality
  • nondimensional
  • bidimensional
  • tridimensional
  • interdimensional
  • extradimensional
  • transdimensional
  • monodimensional
  • multidimensionally
  • dimensionalization
  • equidimensional
  • hyperdimensional
  • adimensional
  • dimensionalize
  • tridimensionality
  • nondimensionalization
  • unidimensionally
  • nondimensionalize
  • pluridimensional
  • nondimensionally
  • pandimensional
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