Where does “grism” come from?
grism (English) comes from English grating, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
grism (English): A combination of diffraction grating and prism...
Definitions
- A combination of diffraction grating and prism...
Ancestry of “grism”, step by step
grism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grating | Harsh and unpleasant; Abrasive; tending to annoy;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English prism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prism | A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size... |
| 2 | Late Latin | prisma | prism |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρίσμα | Anything sawn, sawdust; A prism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |