Where does “ferrodistortion” come from?
ferrodistortion (English) comes from English Ferro, from Italian ferro, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
ferrodistortion (English): distortion to the structure of a crystal lattice...
Definitions
- distortion to the structure of a crystal lattice...
Ancestry of “ferrodistortion”, step by step
ferrodistortion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Ferro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ferro | El Hierro |
| 2 | Italian | ferro | iron; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 4 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English distortion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | distortion | An act of distorting; A result of distorting; A... |
| 2 | Latin | distortio | a distorting, contortion |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |