Where does “encephalization quotient” come from?
encephalization quotient (English) comes from English encephalize, from English encephal-, from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.
encephalization quotient (English): A relative brain size measure defined as the ratio between observed to predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species
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- A relative brain size measure defined as the ratio between observed to predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species
Ancestry of “encephalization quotient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encephalize | To migrate brain function from the subcortical... |
| 2 | English | encephal- | Alternative form of encephalo- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐγκέφαλος | inside the head; brain; heart of the date palm |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κεφαλή | head; a person's life; the top-most part |
| 5 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 7 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 8 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |