Where does “galvanoplastic” come from?
galvanoplastic (English) comes from English galvanoplasty, from English galvano-, from Italian Galvani, from Italian -i, from Latin -i, from Latin -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.
galvanoplastic (English): Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty
Ancestry of “galvanoplastic”, step by step
galvanoplastic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English galvanoplasty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | galvanoplasty | The process of galvanizing, of coating with a... |
| 2 | English | galvano- | electricity or galvanism |
| 3 | Italian | Galvani | — |
| 4 | Italian | -i | Used with a stem to form the second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | -i | nominative/vocative masculine plural of -us;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ēs | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éy- | he, this |
via French galvanoplastique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | galvanoplastique | galvanoplastic |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |