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Where does “ebullioscopy” come from?

ebullioscopy (English) comes from Latin ēbulliō, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ebullioscopy (English): the measurement of the boiling point of liquids

Definitions

  1. the measurement of the boiling point of liquids

Ancestry of “ebullioscopy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēbulliō—
2Latinbulliō—
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
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