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Where does “einstein” come from?

einstein (English) comes from German Einstein, from German ein, from German einschalten, from German ein-, from Middle High German īn-, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.

einstein (English): One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as...

Definitions

  1. One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as...

Ancestry of “einstein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinsteinan extremely intelligent person
2Germaneinone; a, an; indicating motion into something
3Germaneinschaltento turn on, to switch on, to power up, to enable;...
4Germanein-generally indicating motion into something; one,...
5Middle High Germanīn-—
6Old High Germaninin
7Proto-West Germanic*in—
8Proto-Germanicinin; into
9Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

Words derived from “einstein”

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