Where does “gravity-darkened” come from?
gravity-darkened (English) comes from English gravity, from French gravité, from Latin gravitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
gravity-darkened (English): Of a star, specifically its equator: darker due to gravity darkening
Definitions
- Of a star, specifically its equator: darker due to gravity darkening
Ancestry of “gravity-darkened”, step by step
gravity-darkened traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gravity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gravity | The state or condition of having weight; weight;... |
| 2 | French | gravité | gravity |
| 3 | Latin | gravitās | weight, heaviness |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English darkened
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | darkened | simple past tense and past participle of darken;... |