Where does “echotomographic” come from?
echotomographic (English) comes from English echotomography, from English tomography, from English -graphy, from French -graphie, from Latin -graphia, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
echotomographic (English): Relating to echotomography
Definitions
- Relating to echotomography
Ancestry of “echotomographic”, step by step
echotomographic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English echotomography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | echotomography | Tomography imaging by detecting acoustic (usually ultrasonic) reflections from variations in acoustic impedance |
| 2 | English | tomography | Imaging by sections or sectioning |
| 3 | English | -graphy | Something written or otherwise represented in the... |
| 4 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 5 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |